Tag: Gulf of Guinea
Tackling maritime threats and challenges in the Gulf of Guinea: Contributions...
The strategic value attached to the sea and resources therein usually heightens the exposure of littoral nations to maritime security breaches. Contiguous states are...
Gabon gets new maritime operations centre
Gabon’s navy has accepted a new maritime operations centre (MOC), which was built by the United States Navy’s Seabees. It will support Gabon in...
Pirate attacks continue in West Africa
The Gulf of Guinea has recorded its third ship hijacking this month, with a chemical tanker captured off Togo, as the region continues to...
Indian sailors held captive by Nigerian pirates
Five Indian sailors remain captive after being kidnapped by pirates off the coast of Nigeria last month.
The sailors were abducted on 19 April when...
Spanish, Equatorial Guinea navies rescue vessel from pirates
The Spanish Navy has rescued a Maltese-flagged vessel from pirates off the coast of Equatorial Guinea in conjunction with a Guinean frigate.
The Spanish defence...
Securing Ghana’s shared seas
Ghana is making efforts to deal with illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (IUU) fishing in its waters, with collaboration, technology and training seen as...
Spanish Navy rescues Nigerian vessel from pirates
The Spanish Navy’s offshore patrol vessel Serviola has rescued the crew of a Nigerian-flagged vessel in the Gulf of Guinea from pirates, who had...
Piracy down in first quarter of 2019
Incidents of piracy and armed robbery of ships in the first quarter of this year are down when compared to the same period last...
Crew kidnapped from cargo ship off Cameroon
Four crewmembers have been kidnapped from a container ship off the coast of Cameroon in the latest piracy incident in the region.
The vessel Contship...
US Navy highlights successes of Ex Obangame Express
Commander of US Naval Forces Europe-Africa, Admiral James G Foggo III, has praised Exercise Obangame Express 2019 for building maritime security in West Africa....
Lessons learnt from latest Op Copper deployment
The most recent Operation Copper deployment in the Mozambique Channel, in addition to providing valuable "on-the-job" training for both sailors and airmen,...
