Piracy
is becoming a serious threat to the freedom of navigation in the Gulf of
Guinea, in West Africa. The Nigerian Navy has arrested, during the first
quarter of 2014, 37 vessels that were engaged in illegal activities at sea,
most of them related to piracy attempts.
Now,
a major naval exercise has been launched in that Gulf, at the initiative of the
Nigerian government. 10 Nigerian ships, plus a task force of 14 foreign war vessels
are now engaged in a joint exercise. The neighbours of Nigeria are part of the
exercise as navies from Europe and the US. For a total of 21 nations. This
figure shows the importance of the menace and the level of cooperation that has
been established to address it.
It
is rewarding to see Nigeria taking the lead. This is a case of good news coming
from that key African State.
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