While piracy is down in the Gulf of Guinea, the region remains the world’s hot spot for illegal, unreported and…
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China has refused to sign an agreement meant to improve efforts to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing. Beijing…
Iranian and Russian “shadow fleet” vessels use bogus websites that mimic African ship registries, maritime administrations, seafarer organizations and other…
China has invested $50 billion in African port infrastructure since 2013 and Beijing has either financed, built, has a stake…
The Nigerian Navy commissioned three new warships on June 1 during its 70th Anniversary International Fleet Review and pledged to…
With terrorism, military conflicts, blockades and piracy threatening the Gulf of Aden and Middle Eastern waters, major shipping companies have…
Yemen’s Houthi rebels and Somalia’s al-Shabaab terrorist group are separated by the narrow Gulf of Aden. Their emerging collaboration to…
Publicly accessible data shows that four Chinese fishing trawlers were not fined for apparent illegal fishing and transshipments at sea…
The 15th iteration of Obangame Express (OE26) returned in April to Cameroon, the country that first hosted the maritime security…
Foreign countries are in a race to secure port agreements along the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, but an…