your decade old opinion piece that made claims such as this:

the piracy is committed against passing foreign vessels is a tribute to the internal effectiveness of Somali customary law.

How could anyone not agree with everything that said after reading it?

It's always a questionable argument when someone says a total over some period they have chosen and presents it out of context and expects it to be shocking. What's less important than the total is the trend, which way is it going? Is the rate higher now or 100 years ago?
Would you really prefer a system where you can murder a man for 100 camels or a woman for only 50 camels?
Somalia is a shithole, its top rated attraction, something built by those evil colonial fellows, on Trip Advisor is currently closed to tourists due to warlords.