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Australia to provide $26m for maritime disaster prevention in Indian Ocean

Australia will provide 36.5 million Australian dollars (26 million U.S. dollars) over a five-year period to support maritime security and disaster management in the Northeast Indian Ocean.
February 17, 2022

EU eyes Indian Ocean naval adventure

Europe is preparing to boost its naval presence in the north west Indian Ocean "to uphold freedom of navigation" in the world's trade jugular.
January 31, 2022

Suspicious Sighting

UKMTO Watchkeeper:
January 20, 2022

India delivers food aid to Mozambique with SAGAR mission

The Indian warship INS Kesari delivered food aid and defence equipment to Mozambique in a SAGAR mission.
December 30, 2021

Uhuru launches second naval base in Manda Bay

President Uhuru Kenyatta has opened a strategic naval base to secure Kenya’s territorial waters and protect the Lamu Port South Sudan-Ethiopia Transport Corridor (Lapsset) project.
October 01, 2021

Kenya removed from piracy red list

The global shipping industry has removed Kenya maritime waters within the Indian Ocean from the piracy red list, 12 years after it was designated a high-risk area (HRA).
September 20, 2021

IMO supports maritime security activities in East Africa

IMO has assisted in the strengthening of maritime security governance in East Africa by participating in two regional events during August: the Strategic Maritime Security and Blue Economy course..
September 03, 2021

Indian Military Base in Mauritius: why Africa should worry

Even the notion of an Indian military facility on Mauritius’s Agaléga island deserves regional and AU attention.
September 02, 2021

Attack - 100nm North East of Mogadishu

Reporting indicates that a vessel was attacked in transit 6nm offshore Somalia
August 13, 2021

India will continue naval presence in Persian Gulf

India will continue to maintain naval presence in the troubled Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman, aimed at protecting Indian-flagged merchant vessels and oil tankers transiting the region.
July 08, 2021