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Maritime piracy is back on the foreign policy radar screen.

Threat of piracy in the Gulf of Guinea remains high. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Avoid non-essential travel to Nigeria, including in Abuja, due to the unpredictable security situation throughout the country and the significant risk of terrorism, crime, inter-communal clashes, armed attacks and kidnappings. Terrorism threat in Abuja There is an increased threat of terrorist attack in Abuja. Attacks by terrorist groups may occur in other large cities like…

Diskussion Die Zahl der Piratenangriffe auf den Weltmeeren ist in der ersten Jahreshälfte 2021 deutlich zurückgegangen. Nach Daten des Internationalen Schifffahrtsbüros (IMB) gab es 68 Piratenangriffe und bewaffnete Raubüberfälle auf Schiffe - verglichen mit 98 Vorfällen im gleichen Zeitraum des Vorjahres. Das sei die „bisher niedrigste Zahl an Piraterieangriffen seit 1994“, berichtete das zur Internationalen Handelskammer (ICC) gehörende Schifffahrtsbüro am Montag. Demnach wurden 61 Schiffe geentert, vier Schiffe angegriffen, zwei Schiffe beschossen und ein Schiff gekapert. Tr...

The International Maritime Organization (IMO) will convene a maritime security working group in response to the growing number of pirate attacks on ships in the Gulf of Guinea. The working group is set to meet at the next session of the Maritime Safety Committee, MSC 103, scheduled to take place in May, to provide an opportunity for Member States and international organizations to discuss further collaboration and possible action to address the problem. IMO Secretary-General Kitack Lim expressed his concern about the escalation in the number and severity of attacks on ships and crew in the Gu...