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Obangame Express (OE23), the largest multinational maritime exercise in Western and Central Africa is underway in Lagos, Nigeria. The multinational...
Read moreThe Nigerian Navy has awarded a contract to French shipbuilding firm Ocea SSM for the construction of 9 Vessels in...
Read moreExercise Obangame Express 2023, the largest multinational maritime exercise in Western and Central Africa, is set to hold its 12th...
Read moreThe French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle makes a port call in Djibouti after crossing the Suez Canal, says the...
Read moreTanzanian Naval force has accepted two patrol boats worth over $1.35 million from the United States to help strengthen the...
Read moreAn Avante 1400 offshore patrol boat currently being built by Spain's shipbuilder Navantia for the Royal Moroccan Navy is the...
Read moreThe Lewis B. Puller-class expeditionary sea base USS Hershel “Woody” Williams (ESB 4) spent the Christmas season in Dar es...
Read moreThe Egyptian Navy has assumed leadership of the recently established multinational Combined Task Force 153 (CTF-153) in the Red Sea....
Read moreAs part of the U.S. commitment to assist Mozambique in stabilizing the conflict-ridden Cabo Delgado province, the U.S. government this...
Read moreThe Angolan Navy has taken delivery of the first of three Ocean Eagle trimaran patrol boats from French shipbuilder CMN...
Read moreIndia and France have have jointly carried out a maritime surveillance mission in the Mozambique Channel using P-8I Poseidon and...
Read moreIndia has held its first-ever trilateral Navy exercise with Africa as part of initiatives to expand defence partnership with the...
Read moreThe Peoples Republic of China has delivered a 46meters patrol boats and other military equipment to the Nigerian Navy. Receiving...
Read moreSpanish bank Santander Group has provided $92 million loan to Morocco for the procurement of an offshore patrol vessel (OPV)...
Read moreGhana's elite special operations force; the Special Boat Squadron (SBS) has graduated its first batch of operators who were trained...
Read moreThe second of three Multi-Mission Inshore Patrol Vessels (MMIPVs) for the South African Navy (SAN) was launched and christened with...
Read moreThyssenkrupp Marine Systems on 14 October 2022 handed over the first-of-class MEKO A-200 EN to the Navy of the Arab...
Read moreTurkish DEARSAN Shipyard officially started the construction of two OPV-76 Offshore Patrol Vessels for the Nigerian Navy with a keel...
Read moreThe Ivorian Navy has taken delivery of a second-hand P400 54.8 meters offshore patrol vessel from France. The vessel Contre Amiral...
Read moreNIANI; the second ocean-going missile-armed patrol vessel for the Senegalese Navy, has been launched in Concarneau on September 13, 2022,...
Read moreIndian Navy's Talwar-class frigate INS Tarkash arrived reached Lagos port in Nigeria on Thursday, 8 September, as part of her...
Read moreThirty-five attack submarines acquired from major suppliers have sailed with African navies, only a handful of countries in Africa own...
Read moreThe Spearhead-class expeditionary fast transport USNS Trenton (T-EPF-5) arrived in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea for a scheduled port visit, August 8-10,...
Read moreNigeria's newly acquired landing ship and logistics vessel NNS KADA has been deployed for strategic sealift capacity in support of...
Read moreIn the history of naval operations, sideliners have been regaled with stories of intriguing naval battles between great powers. However,...
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