Tag: Gulf of Guinea
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🇬🇭 🇧🇫 Ghana and Burkina Faso Deepen Intelligence Cooperation as Mahama Warns of Sahel Terrorism Spillover
President John Dramani Mahama says Ghana and Burkina Faso are sharing intelligence and tracking the movement of fighters as Accra strengthens its security cooperation with its northern neighbour amid growing concerns over the spread of Sahelian terrorism toward the Gulf of Guinea.
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🇬🇭 🇧🇫 Northern Ghana–Southern Burkina Faso: Inside a Growing Security Hot Zone
The northern Ghana–southern Burkina Faso frontier is emerging as a major West African security hot zone, where Sahelian jihadist networks, Ghanaian and Burkinabè forces, Russian-linked personnel and foreign private-security interests intersect. Panafrican.email examines the documented actors, the disputed recruitment claim and the geopolitical significance of the corridor.
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🇬🇭 Ghana’s Ports Under Pressure as Drug Trafficking Networks Target West African Trade Routes
Ghana’s ports are facing renewed scrutiny over their role in international narcotics trafficking following a series of high-profile drug seizures, highlighting the growing challenge of protecting West Africa’s commercial gateways from transnational criminal networks. As Ghana expands its role as a major maritime and logistics hub, the country’s ports connect West Africa to shipping routes…
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🇱🇾 Maritime Drones: The Emerging Terrorism Threat on Africa’s Seas
By Panafrican.email News Desk The rapid development of maritime drones is creating a new security challenge for governments, shipping companies and coastal communities around the world, with Africa potentially among the regions most exposed to the emerging threat. A recent attack involving the Russian-flagged LNG tanker MV Arctic Metagaz in the Mediterranean has renewed international…