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| Strategic Partnership and Maritime Security in the Gulf Of Guinea: The Experience Of Economic Community Of Central African States, 2007-2017 |
B.O.G .Nwanolue,Ph.D., Charles Arinze Obiora,Ph.D., Nkechi Vivian Enemoh
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Abstract:
This paper examines sub-regional strategic partnership and maritime security in the Gulf of Guinea: the experience of Economic Community of Central African States between 2007 and 2016. The study adopted the qualitative method of data collection and analysis as well as systems theory. The paper found that the lack of effective strategic and technical cooperation among ECCAS member states accounted for the rise in maritime attacks in the Central African part of the Gulf of Guinea between 2007 and 2016. There were poor naval capacities across ECCAS member states. These marred the ECCAS member states’ capacity for effective maritime security as the Central African states recorded higher number of attacks between 2006 and 2016. The paper also established that poor governance structures in various ECCAS member states affected maritime security in the Central African part of the Gulf of Guinea between 2007 and 2016. These bad governance structures resulted in violent criminality and Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW) proliferation. This is linked with piracy and maritime attacks in the Gulf of Guinea. The paper therefore recommended that the ECCAS member states should urgently encourage greater attention to security, development and integration challenges in Central Africa, especially to strengthen and reposition the Central African Multilateral Force (FOMAC) and the Central African Early Warning System (MARAC) for effective maritime security.
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