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U.S., Seychelles Divers Team Up to Clear Shipwreck
ADF STAFF | photos by U.S. NAVY
Divers from the U.S. Navy and the Seychelles Coast Guard (SCG) spent up to eight hours a day in December 2022 removing the wreckage of the Oceans Bounty, a ship that sank in 2018.
The Seychelles Police…
Ghana Joins International Naval Network
GHANA NAVY
Ghana has joined an international network of navies that share select unclassified information related to merchant shipping.
On November 8, 2022, the Ghana Navy signed onto the Virtual-Regional Maritime Traffic Centre and…
ECOWAS Plans Regional Force to Intervene in Crises
ADF STAFF
Leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) agreed to create a regional force to intervene when member nations are faced with violent extremism or in the event of coups.
The move is intended to “take…
Amnesty Month Offers Small Step Toward ‘Silencing the Guns’
Authorities in Liberia, Tanzania and Togo worked with United Nations officials throughout September 2022 to take illicit small arms and light weapons out of circulation.
The event supported the African Union’s “Silencing the Guns”…
Ghana’s Operation Boafo Rescues Citizens From Floods
ADF STAFF | Photos by Ghana Armed Forces
When torrential rains forced operators of the Weija Dam in Accra, Ghana, to release excess water, it displaced thousands of people and left others in peril.
In response, the Ghana Armed Forces…
Nigeria Sends Message to Cartels With Record-Setting Drug Bust
Reuters
Nigerian authorities seized a record 1.8 tons of cocaine from a warehouse in Lagos in September 2022. The drugs had carried a street value of $278.5 million.
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) said the drugs,…