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East Africa: U.S. Naval Ship to Boost Safety in the Region
East African, 16 February 2021
America has deployed the first naval ship to Eastern Africa in over a decade to boost maritime security and allow freedom of navigation in the region. This comes two months after… Read more »
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East Africa: U.S. Deploys Naval Ship to Region to Boost Maritime Security
Nation, 9 February 2021
The US government has deployed the first naval ship to Eastern Africa in over a decade to boost maritime security and allow freedom of navigation in the region. Read more »
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East Africa: Countries Have Yet to Tap Region's Full Maritime Potential
ISS, 11 November 2020
With five coastal countries in IGAD, a Regional Maritime Council could boost economic growth, trade integration and livelihoods. Read more »
U.S. Deploys Naval Ship to Boost Safety on East African Waters
The U.S. has reportedly stationed the first naval ship to Eastern Africa in over a decade to boost maritime security and allow freedom of navigation in the region, two months after Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta received the U.S.-Africa Command General Stephen Townsend in Nairobi. The Expeditionary Sea Base USS Hershel 'Woody' Williams can be used for a broad range of military operations, acting as a mobile sea base to support multiple operational phases. Its deployment comes amid a diplomatic crisis between Somalia and Kenya. Extremist groups operating in East Africa, including Al-Shabaab, Ansar al-Sunna and the Islamic State, are reportedly taking advantage of the gaps in the region's maritime security. These groups fund a portion of their activities through maritime smuggling that involves drugs, arms and human trafficking.
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Kenya's Defence Cabinet Secretary Monica Juma (centre) with Director General, Kenya Coast Guard, Vincent Naisho Loonena (left) during a tour inside a U.S. Naval Ship which is deployed along the Eastern Coast of Africa to provide Maritime Security.
