Pirates suspected to come from Nigeria have attacked an oil tanker off the coast of west Africa, killing a Ukrainian seaman, the commander of Benin's naval forces says.
There have been numerous articles published on the hazards posed by gases trapped in Lake Kivu. The most recent were published in the New York Times and Science Daily.
The World Bank supported Lake Victoria Environment Management Programme (LVEMP), launched in the mid-1990s, will now be extended to Burundi and Rwanda.
Transport Minister Sibusiso Ndebele has stressed the need to strengthen cooperation and coordination to fight piracy on the Indian Ocean.
West Africa is one of the world's regions most affected by pirate fishers. Illegal, unreported or unregulated fishing has been devastating local livelihoods and ecosystems for decades. National fisheries management authorities are often helpless to protect their maritime resources.
Governor Liyel Imoke of Cross River State has raised alarm over the poor security situation created in the waterway between Nigeria and Republic of Cameroon following the declaration of the area as a buffer zone.
Energy experts, environmentalists, and security operatives are meeting in Accra to fashion out how to detect oil spillage in the marine waters of the country.
THERE is a lesson for SA in how Botswana resolved drawn-out conflicts between indigenous communities and the tourism sector over fishing resources in the Okavango Delta.
The livelihoods of 3.5 million East Africans who depend directly on Lake Victoria are threatened by illegal fishing, overfishing, climate change and pollution.
An international group of researchers will meet January 13-15, 2009 at a conference in Gisenyi to grapple with the problem of Lake Kivu.
Alhaji Ibrahim Bio, Minister of Federal Ministry of Transport on Sunday in Onitsha commended the quality of work being done at the dredging of Lower River Niger.
In a country where the sector of fisheries represents 13% of the country's GDP and employs 100 thousand people, it is easy to understand the importance of the sector in the country's economy and the need to boost productivity at sea or in fish breeding lagoons.
THE Chief of Naval Staff, Admiral Ishaya Ibrahim has restated that the Navy is committed to policing the Nigerian waterways more effectively for maximum security of all marine operations.
As Nigerian maritime regulators seem helpless to enforcing the 25 years old Single Hall phase-out rule of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) the port of Fujairah has announced that it is sticking to the United Arab Emirates' (UAE) commitment to the IMO's 2010 phase-out of single hull tankers.
Judges from superior courts in the South-South have calledfor the review and harmonization of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) Act, the Merchant Shipping Act 2007 and the Cabotage Act
