Tag: Benin

Benin Armed Forces Index 1. Order of battle 2. Overview 3. Defence economics 4. State of military forces 5. Country threat report 6. External deployments 1. Benin Armed Forces Order of Battle ...

Benin's navy will soon receive three new coastal patrol boats from French manufacturer OCEA as the country boosts its naval capabilities to...

Sniffer dogs trained by Mechem, a subsidiary of state arsenal Denel have uncovered a major drug smuggling operation in the West African...

The Joint Military Task Force established by Nigeria and Benin to patrol the Gulf of Guinea has arrested eight suspected pirates, officials...

Pirates attacked a record number of ships worldwide in the first nine months of 2011, but are making off with fewer vessels...

The joint anti-piracy patrols undertaken by Benin and Nigeria are bearing fruit, as attacks have dropped significantly over the last month, according...

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has welcomed a new agreement between the Republic of the Congo and Benin to protect children...

Armed men hijacked a Cyprus-flagged fuel tanker with 23 crew off the coast of Benin in West Africa the International Maritime Bureau...

The French patrol frigate Germinal has arrived in the Democratic Republic of the Congo for a five day visit, after patrolling the...

Benin, Niger and Togo have all formally recognised Libya's rebels, breaking ranks with the African Union which said it could not recognise...