Month: June 2016

  • New worries for Delta

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    Niger Delta Avengers threaten shipping. NDA Threatens To Sink Oil Tankers In a press statement released on the group’s official website, the NDA also restated its intention to attack the […]

  • US maintains Philippines presence

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    Reassurance for Philippines. US to keep up sea patrols east of Philippines, says naval exec Allan Macatuno Nothing would change in the longstanding ties between the United States and the […]

  • CARAT Thailand kicks off

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    Exercise begins tomorrow. US Sailors and Marines Enhance Cooperation with Royal Thai Armed Forces during CARAT Thailand The 22nd annual Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) exercise between the U.S. […]

  • UN, EU agree Med arms patrols

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    Patrols will now look for guns as well as people smugglers. U.N. approves high seas crackdown on Libya arms smuggling BY MICHELLE NICHOLS The United Nations Security Council on Tuesday […]

  • South China Sea Strategies

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    America and China play chess. A Guide to Stepping it Up in the South China Sea DAVID BARNO AND NORA BENSAHEL The South China Sea has become one of the […]

  • Who are the Niger Delta Avengers?

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    Lifting the veil on the Delta’s militants. Who are the Niger Delta Avengers? By Dirk Steffen Background The Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) are Nigeria’s “new” Niger Delta militancy phenomenon. They […]

  • US carrier arrives in Med

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    Waves hello to Russia and ISIS. Second U.S. aircraft carrier enters Mediterranean: U.S. Navy BY ANDREA SHALAL The U.S. aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower entered the Mediterranean late on […]

  • War risk removed for Malacca

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    Smoother sailing for SE Asia. Straits of Malacca removed from war risk zone Lee Choon Fai KUALA LUMPUR: The Straits of Malacca has been removed from a war risk zone […]

  • Marsec ideas for E. Asia

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    The urgent need for an international co-operation mechanism on marine security and safety in East Asia was highlighted at an international workshop in the northern province of QuảngNinh that concluded […]

  • Tompolo still in Delta

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    Last week’s rumour placed him in Libya. Wanted ex-militant leader Tompolo still hiding in Delta creeks Mustafa Balogun Strong indications emerged last night that the embattled former commander of the […]

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