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African Security Analysis Report
March 21 by Defence IQ Press
There is no development without security. For West African nations, wealth is tied intrinsically to local maritime routes used for exporting raw materials and exploiting the maritime economy, from fis...
Cooperative security to counter cooperative criminals
March 21 by Ian RalbyBoth maritime security and insecurity in Africa are increasingly centered on cooperation. Dr. Ian Ralby presents the case that cooperation is maturing among the criminal elements seeking to exploit i...
Survey: African Security
February 21 by Defence IQ PressDefence IQ is posing the international defence and security community to offer their opinions on some of the most pressing questions concerning African security matters in 2017, including strategy and...
African Security Outlook, 2016
September 01 by Defence IQ Digital
Africa has been on a spending spree in the past few years, upping its stake in the global defence market while addressing urgent security challenges at home. For most states, reinforcing the reputat...
Security Considerations in Africa
August 13 by Richard de SilvaAfrica has been on something of a spending spree in the past few years, upping their stake in the global defence market while addressing urgent security challenges at home. For most states, reinforc...
Create jobs not jails to fight maritime crime, says Somaliland's counter-piracy chief
January 27 by Defence IQ PressIf there's one thing that the Somaliland government wants us – the international community – to know about maritime crime and the country's future economic stability, it's this:"Whether it's on our wa...
Somali pirates are "not defeated but dormant," says Puntland's Minister for Maritime Transport
January 27 by Defence IQ PressHon. Abdalla Jama Saleh is the Minister of Maritime Transport, Ports and Counter Piracy for Puntland. He is charged with leading the country’s counter piracy efforts by working with the intern...
Terrorism and transnational organised crime threatens hard-won progress in Africa
October 20 by Yousuf MalikAfrica’s economic future is looking more assured than at any other point since winning independence from the colonial powers. While war, famine, disease, and crime are yet to be widely expunge...
Why Brazil is Africa's most important maritime security ally
April 08 by Alexander StephensonBrazil has a strong relationship with the West Coast of Africa, primarily based on the joint stewardship of the South Atlantic Ocean. Brazil has also given military equipment to a number of West Afr...
Trans-African Security: Combating Illicit Trafficking along the Crime-Terror Continuum
February 26 by David M. LunaAt Defence IQ's AFSEC 14 conference, David M. Luna, Senior Director of the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, addressed delegates. Here i...
Combating transnational organised crime fuelled by escalating instability across Africa
February 26 by Andrew ElwellAfrica’s steady creep towards being the global hub for transnational organised crime and violent terrorism is becoming one of this decade’s key security concerns for international actors...
Indra announces entry into South African air surveillance market through a private operator
February 25 by Indra Press OfficeCasablanca, January 25, 2014 – Indra is pleased to announce that it has reached an agreement with a leading South African security company, regarding the successful MRI aerial surveillance sys...
