Again
on West Africa, this time on piracy: the Gulf of Guinea has experienced this
year 30 sea incidents. In two cases, the local pirates have managed to capture
the ships.
Figures show that the Gulf has had more
incidents this year than the Somalia waters -20 cases so far in that part of
the Indian Ocean. It is time to start discussing
some big international operation in West Africa, even if its waters are no as
vital as the East Africa ones for world trade. If the issue is not addressed
soon the economies of the coastal states will be seriously impacted by the
growing piracy. And soon we might even see an attack against one of the
offshore oil platforms, either in Nigeria or in Ghana.
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