Sea piracy still a problem on West Africa Coast: Mission to Seafarers Africa Head says

Sea piracy is still a major challenge in waters off the West African Coast, a regional meeting of Missions to Seafarers currently underway in Mombasa has heard.

Speaking at the Missions to Seafarers Centre, Mombasa, the Missions to Seafarers Africa Director, Rev Cedric Rautenbach said that while the intervention and continued patrol of the Indian Ocean waters around the Somali Coast by an international flotilla of Navies has helped contain piracy in this part, West African Coast continues to face challenges from the vice.