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Although piracy is not new to East Africa, the seeds of modern piracy were sown off the coast of Somalia after the collapse of the national government in 1991. With no navy to patrol the Gulf of Aden, Somali waters became vulnerable to…

Piracy in Africa’s Gulf of Guinea ramped up later and took on a different character than piracy in East Africa. Pirates and maritime criminals in West Africa mainly sought to steal oil from tankers, a process called bunkering. However,…

U.S. Africa Command Staff Africa, a continent with 30,500 kilometers of coastline, sees its future and fortunes inextricably tied to the sea. With its wealth of life-sustaining fish and energy-producing resources, the ocean can support…

We are making efforts to tackle piracy, sea robbery and all illegal activities within our maritime domain through the establishment of the Maritime Guard Command with the combined efforts of NIMASA , the Nigerian Navy, Nigerian Air…

AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Bismark Owusu covers clothes and furniture with a sheet before mixing a mosquito-killing chemical with water. He then puts on safety gear, straps the spray pack to his back and methodically sprays walls, windows and…

THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION Growing up on Mount Boutmezguida in southwest Morocco, Khadija Ghouate never imagined that fog would change her life. Every day Ghouate and other women would walk 5 kilometers to fetch water from open wells.…

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS J oseph Kamonjo Kariuki, 37, known in his Kenyan village as “Joseph of the Donkeys,” thinks three of his animals were victims of a black market scheme that uses donkey skins as a key ingredient in a Chinese health…

Piracy Remains a Problem, but African Nations Are Working Together ADF Staff With more than 30,000 kilometers of coastline, the fortunes of the African continent are inextricably bound to safety and security at sea. From Senegal to…

Foreign Trawlers are Depleting Africa’s Fish Stocks, but Nations Have the Tools to Fight Back ADF STAFF For the Oleg Naydenov, a Russian trawler, the blue waters off the coast of West Africa once were an all-you-can-eat buffet. The…

Rear Adm. Peter Kofi Faidoo of Ghana  Sees Collaboration, Technology and Training as Keys to a Safer Gulf of Guinea Rear Adm. Faidoo is Ghana’s chief of naval staff. Before his appointment in 2016, he held a number of posts, including…