Dear Colleagues,
Despite earning the
inauspicious title in recent years as the shipping corridor with the
highest number of piracy attacks in the world, regional responses to
piracy and maritime security threats in the Gulf of Guinea, have been fragmentary.
Maritime domain awareness remains low, interagency coordination is
limited, and intra-regional coordination mechanisms that have been
established are often underfunded.
In this latest Africa Security Brief, "Combating Piracy in the Gulf of Guinea," Admiral Adeniyi Adejimi Osinowo, an officer with the Nigerian Navy and an expert contributor to the
2050 Africa's Integrated Maritime Strategy, reviews the challenges
faced, progress made, and priority policy interventions needed if the
worsening trend of maritime insecurity in the Gulf of Guinea is to be
reversed. (Click here to read the report.)
Africa Security Briefs present applied research and analysis aimed at advancing understanding of Africa's security challenges. Previous Africa Security Briefs can be downloaded at: http://africacenter.org/acss-
French and Portuguese
translations of this brief will be sent to subscribers shortly and will
be available on the Africa Center's website at: http://africacenter.org/.
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As always, I welcome your feedback.
Joseph Siegle, Ph.D.
Director of Research
Africa Center for Strategic Studies
National Defense University
Washington, D.C.
Tel: (202) 685-6808
