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BY DR. KAMAL-DEEN ALI, GHANA NAVY (RET.) and DR. HUMPHREY ASAMOAH AGYEKUM Since independence, Ghana’s Navy has been the sole seagoing state institution with responsibility for securing the nation’s waters. Today, its mission has…

ADF STAFf Foreign fishing fleets have targeted the African continent’s coast for decades, devastating fish stocks, depriving millions of income and food, and destroying marine ecosystems. But experts say there are several ways nations…

ADF STAFF Before South African officials could tear down a makeshift bridge across the Limpopo River, they had to deal with the crocodiles. Parts of the Limpopo have been infested with Nile crocodiles since 2013, when 15,000 of them…

ADF STAFF A common practice for vessels fishing illegally is to park themselves outside a country’s protected waters during the day and move in at nightfall.  Vessels with 300-ton capacity or more are required to have an automatic…

ADF STAFF The war between Russia and Ukraine should be a wakeup call for the 38 coastal countries of Africa to prioritize maritime security, according to the chief of the South African Navy. Vice Adm. Mosiwa Samuel Hlongwane spoke in…

ADF STAFF  |  photos by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS When it comes to bragging rights, Nigeria and Ghana are rivals in many things. These days, it’s football and a festive rice dish. The latest edition of the intense rivalry came at the end…

ADF STAFF Google has partnered with Mali’s traditional leaders to digitize tens of thousands of ancient manuscripts from the city of Timbuktu. Political unrest in the nation’s north has endangered the manuscripts. In 2013, extremists…

ADF STAFF Tanzanian filmmakers have released the country’s first film to be streamed on Netflix. “Binti” is a story about the lives and struggles of four women surviving extreme hardship in Dar es Salaam. The film is about the painful…

DEFENCEWEB  |  photos by EUROPEAN UNION Naval leaders from the European Union and Nigeria met to pledge a strong partnership to combat threats at sea.  Held on April 7, 2022, the first-ever Joint Event on Strengthening Nigeria-EU…

U.N. ASSISTANCE MISSION IN SOMALIA  |  Photos by EUCAP SOMALIA Somalia’s maritime capabilities received a boost on March 30, 2022, with the inauguration of a state-of-the-art facility for the Somali Police Force (SPF) in the capital,…