West Africa
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Fighting Pirates in the Gulf of Guinea
A French frigate is silently patrolling the ocean. In the deep waters off Port Harcourt, the battleship is patrolling a 200 square kilometers area. All Aboard a French Frigate Fighting […]
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Pirates inch nearer Caribbean
Pirates are moving closer to the Caribbean, and they’re threatening India’s oil supplies. The trend comes at a time hijackings off the Somalia coast are declining. Pirates inch nearer Caribbean, India […]
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Combating Piracy
Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA’s) opening remarks at on behalf of the Director General at the 3rd Annual Combating Piracy: West African Maritime Security conference in Lagos, Nigeria Opening Speech […]
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Turkish ship with Indian crew freed
Pirates have released a Turkish cargo ship with a crew of 24 Indians which they hijacked near Port Gentil off the coast of Gabon last week. Seized Turkish ship with Indian […]
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Pirates raid chemical tanker off Togo
Pirates looted a chemical tanker and injured some of its crew off the coast of Togo this week, its government and a maritime agency said on Thursday. Pirates raid chemical […]
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Turkish ship seized near Gabon
A Turkish ship with a crew of 24 Indians has been hijacked by pirates near Port Gentil off the coast of Gabon in western Africa. Turkish ship with Indian crew […]
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Worrying Surge in Piracy in Gulf of Guinea
The number of attacks by pirates worldwide has fallen in the last year but armed robbery and kidnappings at sea have surged off the coast of west Africa Worrying surge […]
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Environment and Security
In the light of the IMB’s report on maritime crime in West Africa, last Thursday’s panel discussion at The House of Commons was both extremely well timed and topical Environment […]
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West Africa at ‘crossroads’
“The West African sub-region continues to face multiple political and security challenges mainly linked to transnational organized crime, piracy and terrorist activities”. With West Africa at ‘crossroads,’ UN envoy urges […]
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Trial of Russian Sailors Postponed
A Nigerian court postponed the trial of the remaining 7 of the 15 Russian sailors who were arrested near the West African country’s coast in October 2012 on arms smuggling […]
