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Brussels supplies speedboats to help combat piracy

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“Cabo Delgado: a gas Eldorado and security nightmare”

Mozambique

Cabo Delgado: a gas Eldorado and security nightmare

The development of Cabo Delgado province's vast gas resources has brought with it the emergence of an armed insurgency, one that is yet to be clearly defined but is already impinging on Total and ExxonMobil's operations there. As the conflict worsens, President Filipe Nyusi has been prompted to seek foreign help. [...]

The European Union's European Peace Facility (EPF) has freed up €5m to equip the Mozambican Coast Guard with 35 9.5 m rapid intervention speedboats as part of its programme to fight piracy and illegal immigration. [...]

Published on 28.10.2022 at 05:00 GMT

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West Africa
EU presses accelerator on Gulf of Guinea anti-piracy programme

The contract to provide 30 vessels as part of the European Union-funded Support to the West African Integrated Maritime Strategy has sparked interest from several fast rescue boat manufacturers.

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Spanish civil guards and Ghanaian military personnel train on the Volta river, Ghana, 11 March 2023.

Chad, Mozambique, Niger
COGINTA bags EU security contracts from Sahel to Mozambique

The Swiss NGO COGINTA is currently carrying out a range of European security missions in countries including Chad, Niger and Mozambique with the help of the former senior French gendarmes it employs.

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Mozambique
Brussels and Paris gift Zodiac Milpro coastguard vessels to Maputo

With European funds, the French defence parastatal Economat des Armées (EDA) is to supply eight Zodiac Milpro boats to reinforce Mozambique's coastguard. The service provider is muscling in on a security cooperation sector hitherto dominated by Expertise France.

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Mozambique
French firm Marck & Balsan kits out special forces with EU funding

French firm Marck & Balsan, led by Philippe Belin, has equipped the Mozambican army and special forces with an estimated €5m-worth of uniforms, helmets, combat boots and accessories.

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Benin, Rwanda
Rwanda firms up its plans for military support

Revealed by Africa Intelligence, the new military accord between Kigali and Cotonou that is in the process of being finalised should see Rwandan soldiers being deployed to Benin in the near future, with a particular focus on supporting Benin's special forces in the north of the country.

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West Africa
Swiss NGO Coginta facilitates deployment of Delair drones against Boko Haram

The military contingents of Niger, Nigeria, Chad and Cameroon deployed within the Multinational Joint Task Force are to receive a dozen intelligence-gathering drones from the French firm Delair. The project is being overseen by Coginta, an NGO active in supporting security initiatives in West Africa.

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A DT-26 intelligence drone sold by Delair in 2019 to the Niger National Guard.

In Focus | West Africa
Brussels, Washington and London battle for maritime ascendancy with anti-piracy programmes

Under pressure from its shipowners, Brussels is set to launch its SWAIMS anti-piracy programme for countries in the Gulf of Guinea that lack the resources to respond effectively to the problem on their own account.

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An armed Somali pirate along the coast, 7 January 2010. In the background, the Greek cargo ship MV Filitsa is anchored off the town of Hobyo in northeast Somalia, where it is being held by pirates.

Inner circles | Africa, Rwanda
How Kigali is exporting its military expertise across Africa

By participating in Mozambican operations, the Rwandan army, already busy in the Central African Republic and South Sudan, has become one of Kigali's key exports. President Paul Kagame relies on a structure geared to external operations, and on allies beyond Africa.

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Rwandan Chief of Staff Jean-Bosco Kazura is currently holding a series of meetings with African chiefs of staff (photo from 2013).

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Guinea
Behind the scenes of Mamadi Doumbouya's offensive on Russian miner Nordgold

DRC
Dan Gertler's billions of dollars in royalties at heart of huge legal battle

Mozambique
Brussels supplies speedboats to help combat piracy

West Africa
EU presses accelerator on Gulf of Guinea anti-piracy programme

Chad, Mozambique, Niger
COGINTA bags EU security contracts from Sahel to Mozambique

Mozambique
Brussels and Paris gift Zodiac Milpro coastguard vessels to Maputo

Mozambique
French firm Marck & Balsan kits out special forces with EU funding

Benin, Rwanda
Rwanda firms up its plans for military support

West Africa
Swiss NGO Coginta facilitates deployment of Delair drones against Boko Haram

In Focus | West Africa
Brussels, Washington and London battle for maritime ascendancy with anti-piracy programmes

Inner circles | Africa, Rwanda
How Kigali is exporting its military expertise across Africa