Maritime Incident Involving Local Fishing Fleet, Ghana
Issued: 5 days, 22 hours ago
Date Reference Region Category Aggressors Source
2026-02-26 00:01:00 CW Alert 009- (Feb 26) West Africa Maritime incident ROBBERS IMB/CLOSED/OPEN
It has been reported by the IMB that there has been a maritime incident off the coast of Senya Beraku, Ghana( exact time and location not specified). Shortly after departing port, seven fishing boats with seventy-one fishermen came under fire from armed gunmen onboard a black boat. The robbers stole the outboard motors, generators, and fishing equipment. Ghanian Navy and Airforce conducted a joint search and rescue operation to recover the fishermen. There are also reports that the perpetrators spoke Nigerian pidgin to communicate.
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