Link to Article: https://allafrica.com/view/group/main/main/id/00079975.html After 17 years of increased piracy activity in the Gulf of Guinea, piracy rates have dropped to the lowest it’s been recorded. With crimes ranging from piracy to human trafficking to cargo theft, the Gulf of Guinea is one of the most dangerous maritime areas in the world. With Nigeria leading the combate against piracy in… Read more »
Link to Article: https://allafrica.com/view/group/main/main/id/00079972.html In hopes to increase the volume of trade to greater than $1 billion, Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan have signed bilateral agreements to raise commercial and economic cooperation between the two countries. Turkish President Erdogan traveled to Abuja, Nigeria (the capital of Nigeria) to converse with Buhari. The Nigerian Leader said… Read more »
Link to the article: https://allafrica.com/view/group/main/main/id/00079590.html Rwanda has sent troops to Mozambique to assist the government in fighting against a four-year Islamist militant insurgency. With the help of the Rwandan and SADC (Southern African Development Community) peacekeepers, Mozambique’s armed forces have reclaimed land, returned locals to their homes in Cabo Delgado, yet Rwandans can’t help but question why their Government has… Read more »
Link to article: https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/safrica-grants-turkeys-karpowership-licences-floating-power-generation-2021-09-21/ As South Africa’s main energy supplier, Eskom, continues to struggle with mismanagement, misspent funds and ageing infrastructure, the country has granted Karpowership – a turkish based karadeniz group, owner of the first floating power plant (powership) – three gas-to-electricity generation licences through the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (NERSA). Karpowerships Powerships are solutions that can… Read more »
Link to article: https://allafrica.com/stories/202109201156.html On September 7, 2021, Alex Saab, a wanted Colombian businessman by the United States on charges for money laundering, was ruled by Cape Verde’s highest court to be extradited to the U.S. In June 2020, when Saab was diplomatically traveling to Iran to negotiate shipping fuel and humanitarian supplies for Venezuela, he was detained on accusation… Read more »