Togo : lessons learned from the arrest of G-Dona1 pirates

Togo : lessons learned from the arrest of G-Dona1 pirates

The capacity of the components of the Yaoundé Architecture (YA), primarily the States, to bring a stop to the most criminal actions, is part of the priorities of all actors and partners. Reminder of events: a small oil tanker, the G Dona 1, was seized by pirates...
Oil spill pollution : maritime agencies of Benin train to fight

Oil spill pollution : maritime agencies of Benin train to fight

At the request of Benin, and under the auspice of the Yaoundé architecture, GoGIN, in collaboration with GI WACAF, organized a national level training exercise on the fight against oil spill between 25 June and 4 July. Articulated in three phases (theoretical...
Togo: Maritime agencies train to fight against IUU fishing

Togo: Maritime agencies train to fight against IUU fishing

At the request of Togolese maritime stakeholders, GoGIN organized a training in Lomé, from 25 June to 3 July 2019, on the fight against IUU fishing, with the assistance of the European PESCAO project, itself supported by managers from the SRFC (Sub-regional fisheries...
CRESMAO supported in its rise of power

CRESMAO supported in its rise of power

The CRESMAO (Regional Center for Maritime Security of West Africa) based in Abidjan is one of the two regional centers for maritime security defined by the architecture of Yaoundé; it is under the authority of ECOWAS (Economic Commission of West African States)....
GoGIN at the G7++ FOGG in Brussels

GoGIN at the G7++ FOGG in Brussels

Co-chaired in 2019 by France and Ghana, the G7 ++ (Friends of the Gulf of Guinea) met in Brussels on July 2, in a technical body to prepare for its plenary session in November. On this occasion, the organizing countries of the meeting had broadened the traditional...
Senegal welcomes the GoGIN advisory committee

Senegal welcomes the GoGIN advisory committee

The GoGIN Project Advisory Committee (GPAC) met in Dakar on 9-10 April 2019. More than 70 participants representing the maritime centres of the 19 coastal countries of ECOWAS, ECCAS and CGG, shared progress and discussed priorities for the next two years of the GoGIN...
Mission for legal assessments in Gambia and Guinea

Mission for legal assessments in Gambia and Guinea

Marta Ribeiro, legal expert of the GoGIN project, conducted two missions for legal assessment, one in Gambia and the other in Guinea, in close collaboration with the UNODC (represented by Juge Ousmane Diouf), the ICC (represented by Cdr Moses Elijah) and the CRESMAO...
Fight against IUU fishing workshop in Congo

Fight against IUU fishing workshop in Congo

From 20 to 23 May 2019, GoGIN and CRESMAC, in collaboration with the Regional Commission for Fisheries of the Gulf of Guinea (COREP) and the NGOs Renatura and WCS, organized a workshop in Pointe-Noire on the fight against illegal, unreported, unregulated fishing (IUU...
Consulting mission with Interregional Coordination Centre

Consulting mission with Interregional Coordination Centre

As part of the continuation of the consulting mission carried out in January 2019, a joint mission of the French Ministry of Army (CECLANT Operations) and GoGIN (Yvonnick Lanoë) was conducted from March 25 to April 1, 2019 at the ICC (Interregional Coordination...