Some time ago, I gave an interview to the German Maritime Centre (Deutsches Maritimes Zentrum) which is a good summary of my research work over

West Africa in general and the Gulf of Guinea in particular have long been an area of concern for the shipping industry. Reports about specific

It has taken a while to think about writing a book about maritime security issues in East and West Africa. While I have done a

Piracy increased on the world’s seas in 2018, with a marked rise in attacks against ships and crews around West Africa, the International Chamber of

The Danish Government has just launched the "Priority Paper for the Danish Efforts to Combat Piracy and other types of Maritime Crime 2019-2022", nicknamed “The

OOn 16 November 2018, I was invited to give a presentation to the working group involved in developing Ghana’s new integrated maritime strategy. The workshop

In the latest edition of The Maritime Executive, my article looks at different maritime security threats in West Africa. Since the magazine’s core readership is

Around 90% of Ghana’s industrial fishing fleet is linked to Chinese ownership, an investigation by the Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) has revealed. This is despite

On 5 September, I had the opportunity to give a short presentation during the Maritime Research Forum, hosted by the German Maritime Centre at SMM

Ghanaian authorities have stepped up their efforts to crack down on ‘saiko’, an illegal practice that has contributed to the collapse of Ghana’s inshore fish