Vice president Mahammudu Bawumia on Tuesday 28th March delivered a keynote address at the 2017 Coastal and Maritime Surveillance Africa conference and defence exhibition. Dr. Bawumiah addressed...
Vice president Mahammudu Bawumia on Tuesday 28th March delivered a keynote address at the 2017 Coastal and Maritime Surveillance Africa conference and defence exhibition. Dr. Bawumiah addressed...
Somali pirates who hijacked an oil tanker have released it without condition, according to officials. The announcement came hours after the pirates and naval forces exchanged gunfire over a boat...
Somali pirates handed over on Thursday an oil tanker and eight Sri Lankan hostages just days after capturing the vessel, the Oceans Beyond Piracy NGO told AFP. "The Puntland maritime police force...
Coastguards in northern Somalia exchanged gunfire Thursday with armed men aboard a boat heading towards a hijacked oil tanker where pirates are holding eight hostages, an official said. Armed...
The seizing of the Aris 13 tanker and its Sri Lankan crew on Monday -- the first successful attack by Somali pirates since 2012 -- came as little surprise to John Steed of the Oceans Beyond Piracy...
An oil tanker has been hijacked by suspected pirates off the coast of Somalia, reports say, the first such hijacking in the region in five years. The ship sent a distress signal on Monday evening,...
Suspected pirates boarded a Sri Lankan-flagged tanker and forced its crew to change course towards the northeastern Somali coast, an expert on piracy in Somalia said Tuesday. If the hijackers'...
A freight ship has been hijacked off the coast of Somalia, reports say. A number of suspected pirates boarded the Sri Lankan-flagged vessel off the country’s northern coast on Monday, residents and...
Pirates have attacked a Vietnamese-flagged cargo ship off the southern Philippines, killing one seaman and abducting at least six others in a region notorious for such attacks, officials said Monday....
The United States is increasingly worried about pirate attacks off West Africa and is committed to helping countries bolster security in the region, a US diplomat said Tuesday. At least 27 attacks on...
A vehicle loaded with cutlasses which was intercepted by the Daboase Police in the Western Region on suspicion of being transported to foment trouble in the December 7 elections has been released....
Microsoft has partnered with some government agencies to promote Cyber safety and anti-piracy awareness in Ghana. Microsoft in collaboration with the National Communication Authority, Ministry of...
A group of sailors who were held hostage by Somali pirates for nearly five years survived in part by eating rats, one survivor has told the BBC. Filipino sailor Arnel Balbero said they were also only...
26 Asian sailors freed after more than four years of captivity in a small fishing village in Somalia arrived in the Kenyan capital Nairobi on Sunday, ahead of flights home, a maritime expert said....
The Gulf of Guinea has become the new hub for African piracy. An international summit in Lome, Togo is looking for answers. The raids off the West African coast invariably follow the same pattern. At...
