West Africa

  • Defining piracy in the Gulf of Guinea

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    This article examines how piracy in the Gulf of Guinea is different from that off Somalia, and how this effects how it should be tackled. WEST AFRICA: Defining piracy in […]

  • NIMASA, Joint Task Force Take Battle to Sea Bandits

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    The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) in collaboration with the Joint Task Force (JTF) have been on the offensive to curtail the activities of sea pirates and other […]

  • Cape Verde Licence PMSCs

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    SeaMarshals Gains First Licence As Cape Verde Leads Fight Against West African Piracy. In a move designed to thwart the escalating piracy in the Gulf of Guinea, the Government of […]

  • Splash & Grab – Oil Theft Blights Gulf of Guinea

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    Dryad Maritime, the UK-based specialist in maritime intelligence, has completed an analysis of a specific type of maritime crime that poses a risk to shipping in the Gulf of Guinea, West Africa. […]

  • Navy Foils Kidnap, Arrests 7 Sea Pirates In Rivers

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    The Nigeria Navy said yesterday that it has arrested seven suspected sea pirates who attacked a fishing trawler, in an attempt to kidnap its occupants on the high sea of […]

  • Nigeria’s Corrupt Oil Market

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    Corruption did not begin with President Goodluck Jonathan’s government. But, at the current rate, corruption would kill Nigeria on his watch. By a number of credible accounts, more than $500 […]

  • Worrying Changes

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    Since the release of the seven crew members kidnapped from the Bourbon Liberty 249 off the coast of Nigeria, there has been considerable debate as regards the payment, or otherwise, […]

  • Guns for Christmas?

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    Nigerians will need to be more security conscious as Christmas draws nearer. Reason: intelligence report indicates increased arms importation. Already, security has been beefed up at the nation’s airports, land […]

  • Security Forces Kill 14 Kidnappers

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    Nigerian security forces stormed the hideout of the kidnappers of a Turkish national in oil-rich Rivers State and killed 14 of them in a shootout, police said Saturday. “The hoodlums […]

  • Navy Bond Strengthened

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    NIMASA strengthens bond with navy to fight piracy, oil theft Worried by the increasing rate of piracy in the Gulf of Guinea, the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) […]

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