Title:
OIL BRIGANDAGE ON INTERNATIONAL WATERS: SECURITY, ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS OF MARITIME PIRACY IN WEST AFRICA

Authors:
JAMES OLUSEGUN ADEYERI, (PhD); ADENIJI, A. STEPHEN; AKINOLA TUNDE FEMI

Volume:1 Issue: 9

Abstract:
Heightening activities of sea criminals within the Gulf of Guinea assumed an alarming trend since 2011. Overtime, a sharp surge in increasingly audacious and well-planned seaborne attacks along the coast of West Africa seemed to have confirmed initial apprehensions that the region could transform into another Somalia, a menace to shipping and maritime commerce. Piracy in the Gulf of Guinea, which traverses the coastline of about twelve countries from Guinea to Angola, has escalated from low-level armed robberies to hijackings, hostage-taking, cargo thefts and large-scale robberies. This negative development, which is largely attributable to factors that are both national and transnational in orientation, bears serious implications for the security, economy and political stability of states within the region and even beyond. Therefore, this paper is a historical reconstruction of the underlying factors for maritime piracy in West Africa, as well as its salient manifestations and consequences.

Citation:

[ADEYERI, JAMES OLUSEGUN, et al. "OIL BRIGANDAGE ON INTERNATIONAL WATERS: SECURITY, ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS OF MARITIME PIRACY IN WEST AFRICA." IJAH, vol. 1, no. 9, 2017, pp. 839-846. October.]