West Africa

  • Protecting Hydrocarbon Wealth

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    The Ghanaian Navy says it is setting up special boat units to deal with maritime security challenges like piracy in order to secure the country’s new-found offshore oil and gas […]

  • Piracy at sea lowest level in 7 years

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    The International Chamber of Commerce’s International Maritime Bureau (IMB) has revealed that piracy on the world’s seas is at its lowest third-quarter level since 2006. Piracy at sea falls to […]

  • Nigeria drops Russians’ arms charges

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    A Nigerian court has dropped arms trafficking charges against seven Russian sailors a year after they were arrested. The remaining eight of those charged were acquitted earlier this year. Nigeria drops […]

  • Beyond Piracy

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    Piracy has dominated news headlines over the past few years. This is unsurprising when we consider the scale of the challenge faced which reached such a height that the international […]

  • Spirit of Cooperation

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    The recent highly successful Offshore Patrol Vessel presented by the Nigerian Navy welcomed in the Spirit of Cooperation the advancement of the Gulf of Guinea Critical Gas and Oil Infrastructure-Task […]

  • Stolen Nigerian crude oil

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    Nigeria lost at least 100,000 barrels of oil per day, around 5% of total output, in the first quarter of 2013 to theft from its onshore and swamp operations alone, […]

  • Upgrading Maritime Security Strategies

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    The Cameroon Navy does not want to be caught napping in the fight against pirates who threaten national and regional security Navy Upgrades Maritime Security Strategies Cognizant of the security […]

  • Not Mission Impossible

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    Leading maritime intelligence provider, Dryad Maritime have issued their latest report ‘Special Advisory, The West Africa Problem; Mission Not Impossible’, which focuses on the rapidly evolving nature of maritime crime […]

  • Navy Kills 6 Pirates, Injures 1

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    Nigeria’s navy killed six pirates and injured one other in its latest attack to try to stop the outlaws from expanding their territory in the Gulf of Guinea Nigeria navy […]

  • EU Boost Anti-Piracy Efforts

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    The European Union said Wednesday that it was preparing to increase security efforts in the Gulf of Guinea, the West African maritime region that has become a global piracy hotspot […]

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