Month: October 2012

• Piracy trends off the coasts of Somalia and Nigeria

  October 22, 2012

  Benin, Gulf of Guinea, Maritime Security, Nigeria, Piracy, Somalia, Togo

  The International Maritime Bureau (IMB) released its Piracy and Armed Robbery Against Ships Report for the Period 1 January – 30 September 2012. I often find these reports helpful in tracking trends with regard piracy and armed robbery at sea, but it is important to read the reports with two things in mind. First, unlike… Read.

• UN inches closer to approving ECOWAS intervention in Mali

  October 14, 2012

  Ansar Dine, AQIM, ECOWAS, Mali, MNLA, Tuareg

  Last week, the situation in Mali received some attention at the UN Security Council, which resulted in the council adopting Resolution 2071. However, if you look closely at the wording of the resolution, you’ll see that we’re still a ways from an ECOWAS-led military intervention in Mali. You may recall that back in July, UNSC passed Resolution 2056 which expressed the council’s readiness… Read.

• “Once I saw a lion right there between those huts”

  October 6, 2012

  Travel

  On my About Me page, I alluded to the possibility of writing about my experience traveling in Africa – to add an entertaining counterweight to my more analytical rants and musings on the events unfolding on the continent. The following is a story about the first time I went on safari and realized that quite… Read.