Tag: Somalia

  • Piracy prosecution training

    Exercises hone skills. Piracy prosecution training in Seychelles While pirate attacks have all but become a forgotten issue off the African east coast, the follow-up as far as successful prosecution of […]

  • New JMIO for Pakistan

    Push for information sharing. Pakistan to establish body for maritime security By Riazul Haq ISLAMABAD: The government on Wednesday decided to establish a joint maritime information organisation (JMIO) for the detection […]

  • India’s back yard

    Keeping an eye on its coasts as well as the PLA Navy. Navy, Coast Guard work towards maritime security Soumyadip mullick The Indian Navy along with the Coast Guard have […]

  • Former pirates head home

    Will they return to the water? 76 Somali prisoners freed from Indian jails return home A total of 76 Somali nationals, who had been in Indian jails over piracy-related offenses, […]

  • Somali piracy: 10 years on

    After Somali piracy, is sailing the Western Indian Ocean safe again? Sailors from the French Navy ship “La Somme” board a small craft after a pirate attack on a French […]

  • Kenya’s maritime efforts

    Kenya moves to secure maritime domain. Kenya pledges enhanced maritime security to develop blue economy Kenya’s defense forces will enhance surveillance along its coastline to ensure that development of blue […]

  • New boats for Kenya

    ‘Metal Sharks’ to be used to stop Al Shabaab entering Kenyan waters. US delivers final boats to Kenya Navy to bolster marine patrols By JOSEPH MURAYA NAIROBI, Kenya, Feb 28 – […]

  • CG for Kenya?

    A new CG emerges? Kenya: Bill proposes an armed force to fight terrorism, maritime crime By FRED MUKINDA Kenya could soon have an armed force that will predominantly operate in […]

  • EUNAVFOR confirms attack

    Alert issued by UKMTO on Friday. EU NAVFOR confirms MT Leopard Sun attacked 160 nautical miles off the central coast of Somalia. On 23rd February at 0030 local time, the Motor […]

  • NL votes for armed guards

    Armed guards will wear bodycams to ensure correct procedures followed. Dutch MPs give go head to arming the maritime sector against pirates Dutch shipowners with vessels passing regularly through areas […]