Pirates kidnapped five Ghanaians in the Niger Delta

Articles, Ghana, Gulf of Guinea, kidnapping, maritime security, Niger Delta, Nigeria, Piracy and armed robbery

On 16 November, pirates kidnapped five Ghanaians from the cargo ship AM DELTA, 35 nautical miles from the Agbano terminals in the Niger Delta area of Nigeria. According to initial investigations, six or seven pirates boarded the Ghanaian ship 44 nautical miles from South Brass. This is the 9th such incident in November alone. Including…

Stark increase in kidnapping at sea in the Gulf of Guinea

Articles, Cooperation, Gulf of Guinea, kidnapping, maritime security, Niger Delta, Nigeria, Transregional Organised Crime

From 2018 to 2019, the number of crew kidnapped in the Gulf of Guinea increased by more than 50%. The stark rise in victims, from 78 to 121, led the region to account for 90% of global kidnappings reported at sea with 64 crew members kidnapped across six separate incidents in the last quarter of…