Belgium has arrested the Somali pirate king Mohamed Abdi Hassan alias Afweyne, Somali for “Big Mouth”. He is considered among others responsible for the hijacking of the Belgian stone dumping vessel Pompei in 2009.

Pirate King Afweyne arrived with the flight from Nairobi, Kenya at the Zaventem airport in Brussels. He was said to be totally surprised when the police handcuffed him. Reasons why he came to Belgium is unclear.

The UN has long been complaining about the fact why Afweyne have not been charged for so long. The ‘pirate king’ has many connections with those in power in his country.  Along with him was also arrested a high Somali official who accompanied him to Belgium. 

– Belgian couple Sir Roger Degreef and wife Lady Marie-Josée Verbelen of Vilvoorde, Belgium initiated a fund raising activities for the Kabayan Project in the Philippines to support the children of Kabayan Elementary School, a public school in Kabayan Barrio, Benguet Province that does not get the necessary funds from the country’s Department of Education due to budgetary reasons.In a speech delivered by Sir Degreef before the Philippine Ambassador to Belgium Victoria Bataclan and other guests, he reiterated that teachers and principal have to buy themselves the most school materials and pay for the maintenance of the school. They also have to charge the parents for school fees.