West Africa
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Pirates Reportedly Attack Community in Delta State, Nigeria – 3 Children Missing, Multiple Women Raped, and Items/Cash Stolen
November 23: Unconfirmed local media reports indicate that on Friday November 22 an unknown number of persons estimated to be between 17-24 years old raided the Opurudiegbene community in Burutu […]
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Suspected Pirates in Rivers State Flee Security Officials, Abandoning One Vessel With 11 Corpses
December 02: Nigerian Government Security Agents on patrol around Ke waterways in Rivers State encountered suspected sea pirates at about 1530hrs on December 01. The suspected pirates who were traveling […]
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Armed Robbery By Five Men at Conakry Anchorage, Guinea
November 21, 01:00 UTC: An unspecified vessel was reportedly boarded by five armed men in an incident classified as a robbery. An investigation is ongoing by locals authorities, but the […]
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Nigeria, Benin, and Niger to Form Joint Border Patrol Force to Fight Smuggling
November 14: Nigeria and neighboring countries Benin and Niger have agreed to set up a joint border patrol force to tackle smuggling between the West African countries, they said in […]
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Nigerian Navy Monitors Pipelines Using UAVs (Drones)
November 15: The Nigerian Navy (NN) on Thursday said drones [unmanned aerial vehicles; UAVs] and helicopters have been deployed for surveillance of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) pipelines from Atlas […]
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Piracy Attempt Averted 57nm NNW of Sao Tome Island
November 07, 00:15 UTC: Armed persons in a skiff approached and fired upon a tanker underway approx 57nm NNW of Sao Tome Island (posn: 01:13.6N – 006:09.6E). Alarm raised, vessel […]
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Benin Increases Piracy Preventing Measures in Cotonou Port
November 07: Benin’s government on Wednesday announced scaled up protection, security and safety measures for hovering vessels in the Cotonou port. The measures include the “provision of an armed protection […]
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Niger Delta Estimated to Have Lost $1.35bn To Oil Theft in First Quarter
November 05: Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki has said that the Niger Delta region lost about 22 million barrels of crude oil, estimated at $1.35 billion to oil theft in […]
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3,378 Bags Of Rice Worth N57 Million Seized From Akwa Ibom Smugglers
October 29: The Nigerian Navy in Akwa Ibom State says it arrested a total of 54 suspected rice smugglers in October 2019. It said 3,378 bags of smuggled rice worth […]
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Local Reports of Three Persons Killed and Five Boats Hijacked In Rivers, Nigeria
November 03: Unconfirmed initial news by local media report that as many as three persons have been killed, an unspecified number have been injured, and up to five boats hijacked […]