GHANA AND NORWAY LAUNCH REPORT ON COST OF PIRACY IN GULF OF GUINEA

The launch was co-sponsored by Ghana, Norway, Nigeria, and the United Nations Office on Drug and Crime (UNODC).
“Piracy and robbery at sea are indeed a great threat to global security, and Ghana, as well as other countries in the Gulf of Guinea region, are no exception,” Mr. Kan-Dapaah said.

NATIONS JOIN FORCES TO FIGHT ILLEGAL FISHING IN GULF OF GUINEA

Benin, Ghana and Togo have signed a pact to work together to reduce illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing in the Gulf of Guinea.

IMO FISHING SAFETY WEBINAR SERIES ENCOURAGES RATIFICATION OF KEY TREATY

IMO has completed a series of regional webinars aimed at increasing support for the 2012 Cape Town Agreement (CTA), which will bring in mandatory safety requirements for fishing vessels when it enters into force. The most recent webinar, the seventh in the series*, was held on 27 January, 2022 and catered to stakeholders in Europe (EU/EEA countries).  The event was co-hosted by the Government of France.

AFRICA INVESTMENT FORUM SENIOR DIRECTOR CHINELO ANOHU, AfCFTA SECRETARY GENERAL DISCUSS EU-AFRICA COOPERATION AND TRADE

Ahead of the EU-African Union Summit scheduled for 17-18 February 2022, African thought leaders stressed the importance of trade agreements and regional integration as keys to drive investment into the continent in a discussion organised by the European parliament to discuss Africa’s partnership and cooperation with the EU.

PLASTIC LEACH MORE TOXINS INTO THE WATER THAN PREVIOUSLY KNOWN

Hundreds, maybe thousands, of chemicals from plastics can leach into water under natural conditions. This water may contain substances that we know are toxic under laboratory conditions, says Martin Wagner, an associate professor at NTNU’s Department of Biology.

PIRATES STEAL CARGO FROM PRODUCT TANKER IN WESTERN GULF OF GUINEA

Analysts from Dryad Global are linking the confirmed boarding of the product tanker B. Ocean, a 5,700 dwt vessel operating under the flag of the Marshall Islands, to an earlier warning from MDAT-GOG of irregular activity along the western coast of Ghana.