Gulf of Guinea

ADF STAFF Mali’s decision to quit the G5 Sahel Joint Force in May has sent ripples of insecurity across the region. In speaking to the United Nations Security Council at the time, U.N. Assistant Secretary-General for Africa Martha Ama…

ADF STAFF Terror is at a boiling point in certain parts of the African continent. According to the 2022 Global Terrorism Index, Sub-Saharan Africa accounted for 48% of global terrorism deaths in 2021. In the Lake Chad Basin, Somalia,…

ADF STAFF The Ghana Navy added four new offshore security vessels to its fleet as it seeks to protect the people and industries operating in its exclusive economic zone. Chief of Naval Staff Rear Adm. Issah Adam Yakubu received the…

ADF STAFF More than 20 nations recently completed the Grand African Navy Exercise for Maritime Operations (NEMO) 2022, an annual event led by the French Navy. The first phase focused on at-sea skills such as boarding vessels to combat…

ADF STAFF The Ghana Special Boat Squadron (SBS) has graduated its first batch of operators who were 100% domestically trained. The eight new graduates completed the rigorous six-month course and were the only ones out of a class of 25 to…

ADF STAFF Increasing attacks in northern Togo have targeted civilians and military personnel — yet another sign of Sahel terror groups progressively expanding and threatening coastal West Africa. Togo declared a “state of security…

ADF STAFF Inside his shop in northern Côte d’Ivoire, 25-year-old tailor Bassina Konate demonstrates his expertise with the tools of his trade — a sewing machine, scissors, cloth and measuring tape. His business in the town of Kong is open…

ADF STAFF Security experts have warned for several years that the extremist violence engulfing the Sahel inevitably would spread south to the coast. Four countries along the Gulf of Guinea — Benin, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana and Togo —…

ADF STAFF The Baba Ali, a Seychellois fishing vessel, was passing through the Seychelles exclusive economic zone (EEZ) when authorities intercepted it in May 2021. Through an operation coordinated by the Seychelles Air Force,…

ADF STAFF With piracy increasing in the waters off West Africa, Nigeria launched its Deep Blue Project, a multipronged approach to confronting crime in the Gulf of Guinea. The $195 million effort brings together a mix of ships,…