With the Demise of Mercenary Pirates, Terrorists are the Next Threat to African Shipping - the Commercial Lifelines that are Africa's Shipping Lanes are Nearly Defenceless - : Africa-Wide - Monitoring Economies
With the Demise of Mercenary Pirates, Terrorists are the Next Threat to African Shipping - the Commercial Lifelines that are Africa's Shipping Lanes are Nearly Defenceless - : Africa-Wide - Monitoring Economies
Terror groups seeking to disrupt African economies as a means of attacking central governments are looking to the seas. With African nations dependant on imports from abroad arriving by ship and commodities and local products vital to their foreign trade exported by sea, the severing of these commercial arteries would be catastrophic.
CITATION: Thwala, Christopher. With the Demise of Mercenary Pirates, Terrorists are the Next Threat to African Shipping - the Commercial Lifelines that are Africa's Shipping Lanes are Nearly Defenceless - : Africa-Wide - Monitoring Economies . : In On Africa (IOA) , 2014. Africa Conflict Monitor, Volume 2014, Issue 12, Dec 2014, p. 17 - 21 - Available at: https://library.au.int/demise-mercenary-pirates-terrorists-are-next-threat-african-shipping-commercial-lifelines-are