GoA & Indian Ocean

  • Kidnapped fishermen rescued

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    More maritime woes off Bangladesh. 14 abducted fishermen rescued in Sundarbans Members of Forest Guard rescued 14 abducted fishermen and seven fishing boats following a gunfight with forest robbers in […]

  • Former pirates head home

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    Will they return to the water? 76 Somali prisoners freed from Indian jails return home A total of 76 Somali nationals, who had been in Indian jails over piracy-related offenses, […]

  • Iran taunts USN

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    Iran rattles its sabers again. General: US Powerless in the Face of Iran at Sea TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The US is impotent in the face of the Iranian naval forces […]

  • Indo-Seychelles drills

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    Land and sea drills due. Forces from India, Seychelles combine for anti-narcotic, anti-piracy and counter-terrorism exercise By: Salifa Karapetyan Anti-narcotic, anti-piracy, and counter-terrorism operations are the focus of an Indo-Seychelles military […]

  • Somali piracy: 10 years on

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    After Somali piracy, is sailing the Western Indian Ocean safe again? Sailors from the French Navy ship “La Somme” board a small craft after a pirate attack on a French […]

  • Kenya’s maritime efforts

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    Kenya moves to secure maritime domain. Kenya pledges enhanced maritime security to develop blue economy Kenya’s defense forces will enhance surveillance along its coastline to ensure that development of blue […]

  • New boats for Kenya

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    ‘Metal Sharks’ to be used to stop Al Shabaab entering Kenyan waters. US delivers final boats to Kenya Navy to bolster marine patrols By JOSEPH MURAYA NAIROBI, Kenya, Feb 28 – […]

  • No MILAN for Maldives

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    Ongoing unrest in country blamed. Maldives declines invitation for MILAN exercises Dinakar Peri Maldives has declined an invitation to join the MILAN series of multilateral exercises hosted by Indian in March […]

  • CG for Kenya?

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    A new CG emerges? Kenya: Bill proposes an armed force to fight terrorism, maritime crime By FRED MUKINDA Kenya could soon have an armed force that will predominantly operate in […]

  • EUNAVFOR confirms attack

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    Alert issued by UKMTO on Friday. EU NAVFOR confirms MT Leopard Sun attacked 160 nautical miles off the central coast of Somalia. On 23rd February at 0030 local time, the Motor […]

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