The duo, in a joint communiqué on the framework to tackle maritime insecurity in the Gulf of Guinea, said ICC Yaoundé and Nigeria intend to form a framework to provide shared awareness on activities in the Gulf of Guinea. xThe platform, known as Gulf of Guinea Maritime Collaboration Forum (GOG-MCF/SHADE), according to the communiqué will be opened to all GOG countries with similar capacities to join on a voluntary basis. The duo agreed that a number of attacks/kidnapping in the Gulf of Guinea region against merchant’s vessels is alarming and needed urgent attention. Both the ICC Yaoundé and Nigeria encouraged all stakeholders to become involved in the ground-breaking effort to reduce regional maritime insecurity. The ICC, a coordination and information-sharing structure that connects the Regional Maritime Security Centre for Central Africa (CRESMAC) and the Regional Maritime Security Centre for West Africa (CRESMAO).

Source: The Guardian April 28, 2021 03:18 UTC