West Africa
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Ghana Defence Chief visits AFRICOM
Vice Adm. Mathew Quashie, Chief of Defence for the Ghana Armed Forces, traveled from Accra to meet with leaders of U.S. Africa Command on April 7 at the Command’s headquarters […]
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Small-boat mechanics training
A U.S. Marine and U.S. Coastguardsmen traveled to Lomé, Togo, to demonstrate small-boat engine mechanics to a group of sailors and Gendarmerie from the Togo Navy, March 22-29. US Marine, […]
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Dryad release latest piracy statistics
Dryad Maritime has today released its Q1 maritime crime figures which show an overall downturn in incidents across the Horn of Africa, the Gulf of Guinea and Southeast Asia since […]
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Stopping West African piracy is vital
To a great extent Europe depends on Russia for its oil and gas. One of the biggest possible alternative suppliers is the Gulf of Guinea, which is thought to have […]
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Ghana: Smuggling hub
The United Nations has been warning for several years of an increase in piracy because of drug smuggling on the west coast of Africa. In Ghana, the United States began […]
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Nigeria: Two Agip Crew Kidnapped
Reports suggest that Nigerian gunmen attacked two tugs belonging to the Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC) on Wednesday. The tugs were apparently in Nembe waterways in the heartland of kidnapping, […]
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Surge in Gulf of Guinea kidnap incidents
Dryad Maritime recently issued a special advisory warning all of its shipping clients on the increased threat of crew kidnap in the Gulf of Guinea. Dryad Maritime warns of surge […]
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Countering Crime in Gulf of Guinea
Ghana’s Chief of Naval Staff is convening a conference of senior international Admirals and naval experts to find solutions to security in the Gulf of Guinea GHANA NAVY MOVES TO […]
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Shipping Piracy Shifts To Western Africa
As international cooperation brings increasing pressure on more the traditional pirate trade in east Africa, there is mounting evidence that Western Africa has become a new hotspot for the pirate […]
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WAF: Kidnappers Targeting Captains
The kidnapping of senior crew is becoming a trend in West Africa, and one which has not generally been picked up on by the media. West Africa: Kidnappers Targeting Captains […]
