Pirates have attacked a containership near the coast of Equatorial Guinea and taken six crew members hostage, Maritime Security Company Dryad Global said on Monday

Three Russian sailors and one of their Ukrainian counterparts have told Sputnik that their pirate captors denied them food during their five months of captivity in Equatorial Guinea

Pirates are threatening to kill the three Russian sailors of Crimean origin who were abducted off the coast of Equatorial Guinea if ransom is not provided, Alexander Molokhov, the head of a working group on international legal issues in Crimea, told Sputnik

Pirates attacked an ExxonMobil vessel in the territorial waters of Equatorial Guinea and kidnapped seven crew members, the Equatoguinean government said in a press release on Friday, citing a communique by the Ministry of Mines and Hydrocarbons