Today, the deteriorating security situation in the seas off war-torn Somalia and the Gulf of Aden (and in the increasingly volatile Gulf of Guinea) are at the heart of the problem.

逐步恶化的索马里和亚丁湾战乱地区附近海域的安全形势是目前海盗问题的核心。

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The drought and food crisis have hit especially hard in south-central Somalia, which is the heart of al-Shabab territory.

干旱和粮食危机对索马里中南部地区的打击尤其严重，这里正是青年党的核心地区。

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The attack on a high-profile event in the heart of the capital is seen as a big symbolic blow to Somalia's attempts to reinvent itself on the international stage after years as a failed state.

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