Leaders from countries in West Africa have appealed to the international community to assemble a naval task-force to combat the rising risk of piracy in the Gulf of Guinea. At a recent meeting of West African leaders, the president of the Ivory Coast, Alassane Ouattara said that pirates needed to be handled with firmness. While international efforts have […]
African Oil Industry Suffers from Piracy; Challenges Ahead for Ghana
August 2012 The rise in piracy off of various coastal regions in Africa has the entire world concerned, and African states are scrambling to address the issue. The waters off of east Africa are the most infamous, as Somali pirates have gained quite a murderous reputation for marauding in the Indian Ocean. But equally damaging is […]
West African Piracy Surpasses East African Piracy
June 2013 Piracy in West Africa has been on the rise for several years, and has now eclipsed East African piracy in number of incidents this past year, according to the International Maritime Bureau. The bureau counts 966 attacks in favor of pirates dominating the Gulf of Guinea and West Africa, and 851 for Somali pirates […]
Protection from pirates
May 13, 2013 Although the number of pirate attacks is either on the wane or has stabilized in most of its former-hot spots, that is not the case in West Africa. Just recently, a German cargo ship was raided by pirates who kidnapped five of the ship’s crew members. This is a disturbing development, for the Gulf […]