NEW YORK - Pirate attacks off Africa's west coast in the Gulf of Guinea are increasing and becoming more violent, sophisticated and systematic.
United Nations political chief B Lynn Pascoe said the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) received 45 reports of piracy incidents involving seven west and central African nations in 2010 and 64 reports of attacks involving nine countries last year.
Pascoe said the IMO had already recorded 10 piracy incidents off the coasts of Benin, Congo, Ivory Coast, Ghana and Nigeria in the first two months of this year. He told the UN Security Council on Monday that Gulf of Guinea countries needed a united front to respond to the growing threat and urged regional leaders to hold an anti-piracy summit.
UN warns on West Africa piracy
NEW YORK - Pirate attacks off Africa's west coast in the Gulf of Guinea are increasing and becoming more violent, sophisticated and systematic.
United Nations political chief B Lynn Pascoe said the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) received 45 reports of piracy incidents involving seven west and central African nations in 2010 and 64 reports of attacks involving nine countries last year.
Pascoe said the IMO had already recorded 10 piracy incidents off the coasts of Benin, Congo, Ivory Coast, Ghana and Nigeria in the first two months of this year. He told the UN Security Council on Monday that Gulf of Guinea countries needed a united front to respond to the growing threat and urged regional leaders to hold an anti-piracy summit.
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