GoGIN co-facilitates innovative training on board the PHA Tonnerre
From 7 to 19 November, GoGIN participated in a training designed and provided by the French Navy on board the Landing Helicopter Dock Tonnerre. This pilot training brought together 10 participants from the maritime operations centres (MOCs) of Benin, Côte d’Ivoire,...
Grand African NEMO Makes Waves In Gulf Of Guinea
[Source: ADF Africa Defense Forum] More than 20 nations recently completed the Grand African Navy Exercise for Maritime Operations (NEMO) 2022, an annual event led by the French Navy. The first phase focused on at-sea skills such as boarding vessels to combat illegal...
The YARIS national network connects Benin’s administrations for State Action at Sea
[Cotonou, 25 March 2022] Rear Admiral Jean-Baptiste AHO, Chief of Staff of the Beninese Armed Forces, chaired the closing ceremony of the YARIS (Yaoundé Architecture Regional Information System) user training programme, in the presence of the Representative of the...
Angolan Navy Operations Centre is trained to use the YARIS platform
[Luanda, 22 October 2021] The Chief of Operations Directorate of the Angolan Navy (MGA), Vice Admiral MANUEL FERREIRA DE JESUS, chaired the closing ceremony of the advanced training programme of the YARIS (Yaoundé Architecture Regional Information System) platform in...
Transmission of piracy alerts in the Gulf of Guinea via #YARIS
On 4 October, a anti-piracy exercise took place between the Beninese and French national Navies and the MDAT-GoG. The YARIS platform was used as a communications and information exchange tool between the different actors. The feedback from this exercise shows that the...
Sierra Leone Joint Operations Centre trained to use the YARIS platform for coordinating operations at sea
[Freetown 24 September 2021] The Chief of Staff, Joint Force Headquarters of the Republic of Sierra Leone, Brigadier General Sahid Tejan Kanu chaired the closing ceremony of the YARIS platform (Yaoundé Architecture Regional Information System) advanced training...
Senegal: Maritime surveillance reinforced thanks to the YARIS platform
[Dakar, 11 June 2021] CV Sow, Head of the Operations Division of the Senegalese Navy brought the YARIS (Yaoundé Architecture Regional Information System) advanced training to an end, in the presence of the representative of the European Delegation to Senegal, Ilaria...
Maritime operators from Guinea trained on YARIS platform
[Conakry, 4 juin 2021] Le Directeur de cabinet du Ministre de la Défense nationale a présidé la cérémonie de clôture de la formation avancée à l’utilisation de la plateforme YARIS (Yaoundé Architecture Regional Information System), à l’hôtel Noom le 4 juin à 10...
Gulf of Guinea maritime centres trained on the IT management of the YARIS platform
La plateforme YARIS a été conçue comme un outil de connaissance et de partage de la situation maritime permettant à la fois de mieux appréhender ce qui se passe en mer, et de coordonner des opérations en situation de routine ou de crise. Le personnel opérationnel des...
Maritime centres in Ghana and Gambia trained on the YARIS information sharing platform
Maritime operations centres are designed to monitor their area of responsability and conduct operations at sea required by any given situation. In order to carry out this mission they must coordinate with other operations centres in their area, or in adjacent areas....