🔴#Sénégal 🇸🇳Le 21.05, la 2ème promotion des officiers-élèves de l’Ecole de la Marine Nationale a accosté à Dakar. Pendant 20 jours à bord du PHM CAYOR, ils ont reçu une campagne d’instruction combinant exercices en mer et deux escales : l’une à Casablanca et l’autre à Nouadhibou

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GHANA NAVY SPECIAL BOAT SQUADRON

NNS IKOGOSI P165 ALL Major Weapons Now Fully Accounted For : 40mm cannon fore, TWO Sea Vulcan Gatling guns aft - albeit with guns only, she is therefore easily the most well-armed vessel inducted in the 20m - 58m size category, post-1982.

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It's a wrap ! Closing 4-days #MASEPOLREX25 exercise in 🇰🇪 to test & enhance our regional capabilities of preparedness to tackle risks of marine pollution⚓ 🙌🏽 Hats off to Kenya Maritime Authority official Kenya Ports Authority RMIFC Regional Coordination Operations Centre 🙏🏽 EU International Partnerships 🇪🇺 for support & Nairobi Convention for collab

IMDEC 2025 drew over 200 delegates from more than 25 countries, alongside over 40 industry partners and exhibitors, creating a platform to tackle pressing maritime security issues across Africa. Great Minds Group #IMDEC2025 Ghana Navy military.africa/2025/07/ghana-…

Areas around the world where Additional Protection (War Risk) is recommended. 1️⃣Black Sea & Sea of Azov 2️⃣Gulf of Guinea 3️⃣Persian Gulf & Gulf of Oman 4️⃣ Southern Red Sea, Bab el-Mandeb & Gulf of Aden 5️⃣Coast and inland waters of many countries, including Libya, Ukraine &

Videos circulating on social media show civilians handling machine guns, rifles, and pistols believed to be offloaded from the vessel, which was carrying a consignment of weapons and military vehicles to the federal government in Mogadishu. military.africa/2025/07/puntla…

Chief of the South African Navy, Vice Admiral Monde Lobese, has warned that severe budget constraints have left the Navy logistically paralysed, compromising national security and exposing South Africa’s maritime borders to risk. defenceweb.co.za/featured/navy-…

Counting down to the publication of 2 fantastic new books this summer: Nautical Rutters & New Bodies of Knowledge in the Age of the First Globalization, 1400-1600 - out 6/8/25 Practices & Narratives of Early Modern Piracy - out 22/9/25 Pre-order them now! aup.nl/en/series/mari…

CNS UNVEILS STRATEGIC VISION FOR THE GHANA NAVY AT WESTERN NAVAL COMMAND Rear Admiral Godwin Livinus Bessing, Chief of the Naval Staff (CNS), unveiled his strategic vision for the Ghana Navy during a five-day visit to the Western Naval Command from 16–20 July 2025.

The Defence Materiel Division blames an inefficient Armscor for poorly managing procurement as well as the dockyard, negatively impacting SANDF equipment serviceability. It recommends partnering with the Chinese Navy to improve vessel availability. defenceweb.co.za/featured/defen…

In the fall of 2025, the Royal Canadian Navy will begin paying off the Kingston-class Maritime Coastal Defence Vessels. Learn more: canada.ca/en/department-…

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Somaliland’s location along the Gulf of Aden positions it at the crossroads of global maritime security. Expanding the Abraham Accords to Somaliland could quietly anchor a more stable and cooperative Red Sea region, argues Amit Yarom. atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/menasour…

African Maritime Forces Summit marks new security era, says US senior sailor defenceweb.co.za/sea/sea-sea/af… via @defenceweb_afr

Somaliland is increasingly attracting interest from both global and regional powers, including the United States and Israel. Amit Yarom explains how Somaliland could soon join the Abraham Accords. atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/menasour…

On 13 August 2025, at Kwabenya, Accra, Chief of Naval Staff Rear Admiral Godwin Livinus Bessing led a Ghana Navy delegation to console the widow, Lieutenant (GN) Ewuradwoa Kumi-Kyeremeh, and the family of the late Flying Officer Twum-Ampadu.

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