West Africa

  • Tackling Insecurity in West Africa’s Waters

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    For the first time, piracy now affects more seafarers in West African waters than off Somalia’s coast, according to figures from the International Maritime Bureau released last week Tackling Insecurity […]

  • Abduction Like Bad Movie

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    A French sailor freed from his kidnappers in Nigeria has described the attack on his ship and his five-day ordea as though he had been in a bad movie. Traumatised […]

  • US Support For Summit

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    Experts from the US are expected in Cameroon to share experiences during the first-ever ECCAS, ECOWAS and Gulf of Guinea Commission summit on maritime safety and security in the Gulf […]

  • Piracy Surge Endangering Commodities Shipping

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    Pirate attacks off West Africa’s mineral-rich Gulf of Guinea have almost doubled from last year and threaten to increase the costs and jeopardise the shipping of commodities from the region […]

  • French Sailor Freed in Nigeria

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    A French sailor kidnapped from a tanker in Togo when attackers sought to use him as a shield said Tuesday he has been freed in the oil-producing region of Nigeria […]

  • Nigeria’s Piracy

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    A map in the IMB report showing the most dangerous waters in West Africa draws a line around the coast of Nigeria – with a small extension into Benin and […]

  • West Africa Piracy Overtakes Somalia

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    Piracy off the coast of West Africa has now overtaken Somali piracy, a report by the International Maritime Bureau (IMB) and other seafarers’ groups says. West Africa piracy overtakes Somali […]

  • Arrested off Senegal

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    Four have-a-go-hero Brits sailing a converted warship to Africa on what they describe as an ‘anti-piracy’ mission have been arrested off Senegal. British sailors on ‘anti-piracy’ mission to Somalia in […]

  • Offshore Crew Kidnapped

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    Reports are emerging that an offshore supply vessel has been boarded by pirates, and crewmembers have been taken hostage. The attack is understood to have taken place early on Thursday […]

  • US gives Nigeria 90-day ultimatum

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    The United States Government, through its Embassy in Lagos, has cautioned the Federal Government to improve on its ports security system within 90 days or face the stoppage of sail […]

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