Analysis - With all eyes on pirates and politics in the Gulf of Guinea and the Indian Ocean, who is keeping an eye on Africa's South Atlantic?
With all eyes on pirates and politics in the Gulf of Guinea and the Indian Ocean, who is keeping an eye on Africa 's South Atlantic?
More recently, resurgent piracy and Houthi attacks on vessels in the Western Indian Ocean have also refocused awareness there. These events, among other reasons, have arguably caused the South Atlantic to receive only fragmented attention.Source: International Institute for Law of the Sea Studies A significant threat facing all Atlantic African states is fisheries crime, ranging from illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing to high-level corruption. In the South Atlantic, such examples abound as much as fish stocks once did.loses around US$80 million annually to illegal fishing, including by vessels licensed to operate in Angola's waters. Angola itself experiences illegalOwing to its rich offshore oil deposits, Angola is one of Africa's biggest oil producers.
But, unlike the Indian Ocean Rim Association, no Pan-Atlantic initiative successfully engages all Atlantic littoral states on security matters. There are cooperative regional agreements, but these are typically limited in scope. For example, South Africa and Angola are respectively signatories to the Djibouti and Yaoundé Codes of Conduct. Both codes were born from the need for cooperative counter-piracy efforts, but they also extend to other maritime crimes.
While these are essential for security, security is also necessary for development. This is encompassed in the Southern African Development Community's Integrated Maritime Security Strategy, which could also provide a framework for cooperation. But, says ISS Maritime Project Leader Tim Walker, the strategy needs renewed SADC engagement to ensure 'reinvigorated implementation.
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