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The European Union is to deliver an array of security hardware including 30 rigid-hull inflatable boats and forensic equipment to the Economic Community of West African States to tackle maritime crime and other security challenges in West Africa.<\/div>\n
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The issue of piracy has become a big issue on the Gulf of Guinea and reduced the volume of business from Europe and other continents to the West Africa region.The boats and other security hardware are expected to be deployed on the West Africa waterways before the end of the year as the arrangements between the EU and ECOWAS are to be concluded at the ongoing high-level maritime security seminar in Abuja.<\/p>\n

The seminar convened by ECOWAS, under the framework of the European Union-funded Support to West Africa Integrated Maritime Security (SWAIMS) project, had in attendance representatives from all member countries of the regional body.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The equipment, estimated at \u20ac5 million, is expected to help security agencies in Nigeria and 11 other coastal ECOWAS states in combating crime and criminality.<\/p>\n

The other beneficiaries include Benin, Cabo Verde, C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea-Conakry, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Senegal and Togo.<\/p>\n

The Head of ECOWAS\u2019 Regional Security Division, Col Abdourahmane Dieng, noted that maritime insecurity has long been one of the most persistent and intractable threats to maritime communities and economic prosperity in West Africa.<\/p>\n

According to him, turning the tide against maritime insecurity is a collaborative effort that no single country or region can tackle alone.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

He said, \u201cFor this reason, ECOWAS, in conjunction with the Economic Community of Central African States formulated the Yaound\u00e9 Code of Conduct as a foundation for broad-based regional maritime security along the entire Gulf of Guinea.\u201cCognisant of this problem and its ramifications well beyond West Africa, ECOWAS launched its Integrated Maritime Strategy in 2014 with parameters for the development of the blue economy premised upon a coherent security framework.\u201d<\/p>\n

The EU Senior Coordinator for the Gulf of Guinea, Amb Nicolas Martinez, said the EU is a committed partner to the Gulf of Guinea region and would continue to provide extensive and targeted assistance to strengthen the critical features of the Yaound\u00e9 security architecture while cementing the long-standing relationship between ECOWAS and the EU.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The SWAIMS Team Leader, Dr Axel Klein, explained that the boats and forensic equipment will be supplied by Portugal\u2019s Cam\u00f5es working closely with the Portuguese Navy, which would also provide related training and maintenance.\u201cIn financial terms, the delivery of RHIBs and forensic equipment worth more than \u20ac5 million is the most significant component of the SWAIMS project,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n

Besides Cam\u00f5es, other SWAIMS implementing partners are Institut de s\u00e9curit\u00e9 maritime interregional in C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire, Regional Maritime University in Ghana, ECOWAS\u2019 Inter-Governmental Action Group against Money Laundering in West Africa and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.<\/p>\n

The boats and equipment which are expected to significantly enhance the capacity of beneficiary countries to enforce the rule of law in their territorial waters and adjoining exclusive economic zones will be supplied by 2024.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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