Tag: piracy
Nigerian waters are most at risk from pirates in the world...
The four-year-old Maritime Information Co-operation and Awareness (MICA) centre’s latest annual report points out maritime insecurity in Africa’s Gulf of Guinea remains high while...
Piracy surges in the Gulf of Guinea with spate of deadly...
Pirates in the Gulf of Guinea have kidnapped three seafarers and killed four security personnel in the latest incident in the region, which has...
Another ship attacked off Nigeria, 19 crew kidnapped
A cargo tanker has been attacked off the Nigerian coast and 19 crew kidnapped in the latest incident in the Gulf of Guinea. It...
Seven crew kidnapped from vessel off West Africa
Seven crewmembers from the offshore supply tug Pacific Warden have been kidnapped off the coast of Equatorial Guinea.
Swire Pacific Offshore (SPO), which operates the...
Iranian held by Somali pirates since 2015 freed
An Iranian sailor held hostage by Somali pirates for more than four years has been released with the help of the United Nations and...
ISS: Gulf of Guinea must look east to solve its pirate...
A few years ago piracy off the east coast of Africa, focusing on Somalia, was a major crisis, attracting extensive international attention. Now it...
New base and vessels for Ghana’s Navy
Ghana has recently signed a contract worth $200 million to construct a Forward Operating Base (FOB) at Edzinlibo in the Western Region in order...
Damen delivers another two patrol vessels to Nigeria
Nigeria’s Homeland Integrated Offshore Services Limited has taken delivery of another two FCS 3307 Patrol vessels from Damen Shipyards Group, five months after the...
Ten Turkish sailors kidnapped off Nigerian coast in latest pirate attack
Nigerian pirates have taken hostage ten Turkish sailors after attacking their cargo vessel off the coast of Nigeria in the latest attack to hit...
Seas off West Africa world’s worst for pirate attacks
The seas around West Africa remain the world’s most dangerous for piracy, the International Maritime Bureau’s (IMB) latest report shows.
Of 75 seafarers taken hostage...
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South African Defence and Military Veterans Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula needs to verify her facts before she speaks, or risk further embarrassment to the South...
