Our lives depend on thriving oceans but only 8.5% of the world's seas are currently protected.
Stronger partnerships are needed to tackle plastic pollution and protect Africa's marine ecosystems.
Experts discuss why sustainable maritime transport is essential to unlocking South Africa's blue economy.
As the Middle East conflict elevates Southern Africa's maritime importance, security, infrastructure and green shipping challenges must be confronted.
From drugs to arms to poaching, unmarked boats sustain a criminal economy threatening coastal livelihoods and security.
Deep-sea mining is no longer just an environmental or economic issue – it is also an emerging maritime security challenge.
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.
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