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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…
Every ship that sails the world’s oceans carries more than cargo, passengers, or crew. It also carries a nationality, a legal identity, and the sovereign authority of a nation. This…
Kenya’s Ministry of Investments, Trade and Industry recently convened a multiagency meeting to discuss the problem of continued smuggling of counterfeit and illicit goods into the country through the main…
For nearly a decade, the world convinced itself that Somali piracy had been defeated. International naval patrols, armed guards aboard merchant ships, and tighter maritime security measures pushed hijackings off…