Overview page containing news articles

Africa

List of the highlighted articles

US Navy Announces Launch of First Egyptian Navy Fast Missile Craft

Posted: over 12 years ago

Kenyan Navy Kills Six Suspected Somali Pirates

Posted: over 12 years ago

Iran Dispatches Warships in Red Sea

Posted: over 12 years ago

Ghana Orders Two 46 m Patrol Vessels from China’s Poly Technologies Incorporated

Posted: over 12 years ago

Russia: Pacific Fleet Task Unit Starts Escorting of First Convoy

Posted: over 12 years ago

Pirates Seize Tanker and its Crew off Nigerian Coast

Posted: over 12 years ago

Italy to Use Armed Guards On Board Merchant Ships

Posted: over 12 years ago

FGS BAYERN Conducts Rendezvous with Dutch Supply Tanker to Replenish Fuel Tanks

Posted: over 12 years ago
Posted: over 12 years ago

FGS KOELN Successfully Disrupts Suspect Pirate Action Group’s Supply Boat

  On 7 October EU NAVFOR warship FGS KOELN successfully disrupted a suspect Pirate Action Group...

Posted: over 12 years ago
Posted: over 12 years ago

Iran: Jamaran Destroyer Sets Sail for First Mission in International Waters

The Iranian Navy’s 16th fleet of warships, comprising the Jamaran destroyer and the Bandar Abb...

Posted: over 12 years ago
Posted: over 12 years ago

Tanzania: Navy Vessel Helps Capture Seven Suspected Somali Pirates

Tanzania has arrested seven suspected Somali pirates after an attack on an oil and gas exploration s...

Posted: over 12 years ago
Posted: over 12 years ago

German Navy Maritime Patrol Aircraft Finishes First Operational Flight

  A German Navy Maritime Patrol and Reconnaissance Aircraft (MPRA) has been in Djibouti since S...

Posted: over 12 years ago
Posted: over 12 years ago

Iranian Patrol Ships Hinder Pirates’ Attempt to Hijack Russian Vessel

  Fleet of Iranian patrol ships hindered pirates’ attempt to hijack a Russian-flagged vessel. S...

Posted: over 12 years ago
Posted: over 12 years ago

High Speed Vessel Swift (HSV) 2 Departs Gambia

  High Speed Vessel Swift (HSV) 2 departed The Gambia Sept. 27, concluding the final training e...

Categories:
  • Training & Education
Posted: over 12 years ago
Posted: over 12 years ago

Somalia: EU NAVFOR Warship FGS KÖLN Destroys Suspicious Whaler

  On September 29 the EU NAVFOR warship FGS KÖLN located and destroyed a suspicious whaler clos...

Posted: over 12 years ago
Posted: over 12 years ago

Pacific Fleet Task Unit Begins Patrolling Gulf of Aden

  Pacific Fleet (PF) task unit led by large ASW ship Admiral Panteleyev on Sept 28 arrived at a...

Categories:
  • Industry
Posted: over 12 years ago
Posted: over 12 years ago

EU NAVFOR Welcomes German MPRA

  EU NAVFOR welcomed a German Maritime Patrol Reconnaissance Aircraft (MPRA) which will operate...

Posted: over 12 years ago
Posted: over 12 years ago

Indian Navy Thwarts Piracy Attempts in Gulf of Aden

Three piracy attempts in last four days in the Gulf of Aden have been thwarted by the Indian Navy wh...

Posted: over 12 years ago
Posted: over 12 years ago

Australian Warship Goes in Search of Pirates

Somewhere east of Somalia, on a wild stretch of water in the central Arabian Sea, the captain of HMA...

Posted: over 12 years ago
Posted: over 12 years ago

German Navy’s Fleet Tankers Unable to Supply Warships

The German navy’s fleet tankers, which are crewed by civilian sailors, are unable to supply it...

Posted: over 12 years ago
Posted: over 12 years ago

German P-3C Maritime Patrol Aircraft to Reinforce EU-led Operation ATALANTA

  Next week, a P-3C maritime patrol aircraft from the Naval Air Wing 3 “Graf Zeppelin”, based i...

Posted: over 12 years ago
Posted: over 12 years ago

HMS Edinburgh Visits Cape Town, South Africa

  HMS Edinburgh and her ship’s company recently visited Cape Town on a two-week maintenan...

Categories:
  • Training & Education
Posted: over 12 years ago
Posted: over 12 years ago

German Frigate FGS BAYERN Protects Food Aid to Somalia

  The German frigate FGS BAYERN, part of the Operation ATALANTA counter-piracy mission off the ...

Posted: over 12 years ago
Posted: over 12 years ago

Task Force Commanders Met Aboard USS Anzio

  The Commander of Task Force​ 465, Rear Admiral Thomas Jugel, met the commander of  Task Force...

Categories:
  • Authorities
Posted: over 12 years ago
Posted: over 12 years ago

Royal Navy Ship Exercises with Saudi Partners

  HMS Somerset’s first act upon beginning her security patrol east of Suez was an exercise with...

Categories:
  • Training & Education
Posted: over 12 years ago
Posted: over 12 years ago

Russia: Navy Continues Rotation of Anti-Piracy Forces

  Russian Navy’s task unit conducting anti-piracy and convoy-escorting activities in the ...

Posted: over 12 years ago