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The pirates are back. Not as swashbuckling Hollywood caricatures, but as a tenacious, adaptive threat that never truly vanished from the waters off Somalia and the broader Western Indian Ocean…
The sea does not forgive complacency. For more than a decade, the waters off Somalia were treated as a solved problem. International naval patrols, private armed guards, and improved best…
The Port of Mombasa is far more than a collection of berths, cranes, and warehouses. It is Kenya’s primary maritime gateway and a critical artery for East and Central African…
In the vast expanse of the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean, where vital shipping lanes carry the lifeblood of global trade, a grim chapter from the past has…
As the sun sets over the Indian Ocean this late June, it casts long shadows over a tragedy we thought we had buried a decade ago. Some forty-four souls—men from…
The ocean has long been the world’s greatest connector, yet for too long, the Western Indian Ocean has been treated as a passive border rather than a dynamic frontier requiring…
The recent commissioning of the Joint Operations Centre (JOC) at the Port of Lamu by the Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) is far more than a ceremonial milestone; it is a…
The Kenya Maritime Authority’s (KMA) recent directive requiring all shipping lines to comply with the Merchant Shipping (Maritime Transport Operators) Regulations, 2024 represents one of the most consequential regulatory interventions…
The return of the seven Kenyan crew members of the fishing vessel FV Sea Mfalme marks the end of a painful chapter—and the beginning of a critical national conversation on…
The recent call by the Chief of the South African Navy, Vice Admiral Monde Lobese, for African-led solutions to the continent’s maritime security challenges is both timely and necessary. Speaking…