West Africa

  • 2 US sailors seized off Nigeria are freed

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    Two US sailors kidnapped in October from an oil supply ship off Nigeria’s coast have been freed, the state department says. Two US sailors seized off Nigeria coast are released […]

  • Asian Piracy

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    In this interview, Andrew Nicholson of Drum Cussac discusses the rise in piracy activity across the Asia region, comparing this rise to the better known and documented African piracy threats. […]

  • SA Navy spent a fifth of targeted hours at sea last year

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    The South African Navy spent 7 300 hours at sea during the 2012/13 financial year, just one fifth of the targeted number, according to the Department of Defence’s most recent […]

  • Multinational Approaches

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    A senior advisor with U.S. Africa Command recommends African security sector leaders increase interagency, multinational, and industry coordination to improve African responses to maritime security challenges. AFRICOM Official Recommends Comprehensive, […]

  • PIRACY UPDATE

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    This article considers and summarises some of the recent regulatory changes governing armed guards and the challenges that hijackings in West Africa present. PIRACY UPDATE: ARMED GUARDS, WEST AFRICAN HIJACKINGS […]

  • Africom Promotes Maritime Security

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    Capacity-building efforts currently being advanced by U.S. Africa Command are helping African nations confront maritime crime, including piracy in the Gulf of Guinea. Africa Command Helps Partners Promote Maritime Security […]

  • Growing Concern in West Africa

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    The recent kidnapping of two American citizens from an off-shore resupply vessel 15 miles off the coast of Nigeria highlights the risks that seafarers face in the Gulf of Guinea.  […]

  • African leaders unite to combat piracy

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    West and central African leaders on Saturday said they were determined to cooperate on combatting piracy in the Gulf of Guinea as they met in Senegal. African leaders unite to […]

  • Search still on for sailors

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    Nigerian military officials were hunting on Friday for two Americans kidnapped at sea off Africa’s west coast, a fertile ground for pirates in recent years. Kidnapped Americans’ ship found but […]

  • Nigeria pirate attack: US sailors seized

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    Pirates have seized two US sailors from an oil supply ship off the coast of Nigeria, officials say. The captain and chief engineer of the US-flagged C-Retriever were taken on Wednesday […]

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