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EU Mission to stop arms entering Libya ‘constrained’ and 'handicapped’

The EU’s military operation in the Mediterranean Sea to stop the flow of arms to Libya has been left constrained and handicapped by a lack of political cohesion and resources, analysts have said.
July 22, 2020

UNODC, EU pledge support to Nigeria, others over maritime crimes

The European Union (EU) and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) have pledged their continued support to strengthening the criminal justice response across West Africa within the..
July 21, 2020

Yemen seizes boat loaded with weapons in Red Sea

AL-MUKALLA: Yemen coastguards in the Red Sea have seized a boat loaded with three tons of ammunition, as the country intensifies sea patrols to intercept Iranian weapon shipments to the Houthis.
July 20, 2020

Maritime Cyber Security & Threats Jul 2020 Week Two

"Fraudulent emails designed to make recipients hand over sensitive information, extort money or trigger malware installation on shore-based or vessel IT networks remains one of the biggest day-to-day..
July 20, 2020
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Decisive Battle for Sirte Will be Witnessed in ‘Coming Hours’: LNA

Almasdar News - Major General Ahmed Al-Mismari, the spokesman for the General Command of the Libyan National Army, led by Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, confirmed that the coming hours will witness a..
July 16, 2020

Maritime security can help resolve the Mozambique insurgency

Content first published by the Institute for Security Studies, authored by Timothy Walker, Senior Researcher and Maritime Project Leader, ISS Pretoria.
July 15, 2020
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US threatens sanctions In Libya

Al Monitor - The US government raised the spectre of sanctions on unspecified parties involved in Libya’s civil war yesterday after Libya’s oil authority accused the United Arab Emirates (UAE) of..
July 15, 2020

Maritime Cyber Security & Threats Jul 2020 Week One

"Fraudulent emails designed to make recipients hand over sensitive information, extort money or trigger malware installation on shore-based or vessel IT networks remains one of the biggest day-to-day..
July 14, 2020

Yemen's Houthi rebels agree to give UN access to abandoned tanker

Al Jazeera - Yemen's Houthi rebels have agreed to allow the United Nations access to a stranded oil tanker that risks causing an environmental disaster off the coast of the war-divided country,..
July 13, 2020