Asia
East Africa’s ivory smuggled out of Mozambican ports
After tighter monitoring was applied recently at the Dar es Salaam harbour in Tanzania, East African ivory smugglers moved their export hub to northern Mozambique ports. Tanzania remains the logistical centre from where the smuggling networks access money and...
Chinese trawlers snapped fishing in Djibouti’s protected waters
Six trawlers flying the Chinese flag were spotted off the coast of Djibouti in the past few weeks, flouting a ban and fishing in a protected coastal area near the town of Obock. Local fishermen, residents and activists immediately began protesting against the...
India, Mauritius to firm up coop in maritime security
NEW DELHI, May 27: India announced a USD 500 million line of credit to Mauritius as the two countries decided to firm up cooperation in the field of maritime security in the Indian Ocean region. The two sides signed a maritime security agreement after extensive talks...
Brussels and Delhi’s shared interests in the Indian Ocean
Congruent with the EU’s CRIMARIO project, an EU project on maritime security in the Indian Ocean, in recent years India has … to connect the Indian Ocean region and strengthen links between Mozambique, Mauritius and Malaysia.
Indo-French agreement on maritime information exchange
The second Dialogue between France and India on Maritime Cooperation in the Indian Ocean was held in Delhi on 19th January 2017 at the invitation of Deputy NSA Dr Arvind Gupta. France was represented by a high-level delegation comprising civil and military...