Reforms are welcome, but technological and capacity gaps still leave Cameroon vulnerable to high-risk parallel maritime networks.
The Combined Maritime Task Force takes aim at piracy and other crimes affecting 26 diverse countries from Senegal to Angola.
Despite the navy’s severe resource constraints, Operation Copper seems to have been continued for political rather than practical reasons.
Joint naval patrols are stretched thin by the Middle East crisis, but their ability to eradicate piracy was always limited.
More ships are rounding the Cape, but ports, policy and strategy are not yet built to turn the surge into lasting gain.
The Iran war has upended the process of transferring the archipelago’s sovereignty from the UK to Mauritius.
As great-power rivalry intensifies, Pretoria can no longer treat its southernmost waters as a distant concern.
As host of the first Our Ocean Conference in Africa, Kenya could pursue a three-pronged strategy to achieve decisive ocean action.
The number of high-risk vessels flying African flags has surged, increasing risks to legitimate shipping interests and foreign investment.
To use its influence as the UN’s largest bloc, the continent needs more than its current 18 ratifications.
Politicking in the US and UK distracts from Chagossians’ need to determine their resettlement and role in blue economy governance.
Exercise Will for Peace exposed a disjointed maritime approach that could cost the country dearly.
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