German boost for MMCC

New kit for MMCC.

German equipment for West African maritime surveillance hub

Written by Oscar Nkala

The German government has donated maritime surveillance and communications equipment to help operationalise a segment of the West African regional Multinational Maritime Coordination Centre (MMCC).

The MMCC is a regional maritime security and surveillance network operated collectively by member states of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to fight piracy and kidnappings, arms and drug smuggling, human trafficking, oil bunkering and attacks on offshore oil rigs in the Gulf of Guinea.

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Source: defenceweb.co.za