Africa Eye

The United Nations Support Office in Somalia (UNSOS) on Thursday convened a joint meeting for Somalia’s security partners to update them on the significant progress made in the administration of the Somali Security Forces (SSF) Trust Fund.   During the meeting in Mogadishu, UNSOS briefed the partners on the status of the Fund and outlined the mission’s support to the …

Maritime drone deployment in offensive operations in the Black and Red seas provides a glimpse of the future of naval warfare. On 18 February, the United States (US) Central Command reported the first instance of Houthi rebels using uncrewed surface vessels (USVs) in the Red Sea. The attack was unsuccessful – the vessels were intercepted and destroyed. A USV, or …

As the world increasingly relies on the oceans for food, energy, employment, and environmental solutions, maritime security is becoming an important discussion topic among policymakers, policy implementers, and researchers. This is because the maritime space is under increasing threats, resulting from the overexploitation of fish stocks through both legal fishing and illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, piracy and armed …