Coordinated maritime patrol launched

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SIERRA LEONE: A multi-day maritime operation to promote regional cooperation and strengthen the capacity of member states to combat maritime threats was launched in Freetown on Monday.

Operation ANOUANZÉ 3 is being coordinated by the ECOWAS Multinational Maritime Coordination Centre (MMCC) Zone F under the leadership of the ECOWAS Regional Security Division.

The launch ceremony was attended by representatives of ECOWAS and the Chief of Naval Staff of Sierra Leone, Commodore Lawrence K Jabati and the Commandant of the Western Naval Command (Sierra Leone), Captain (Navy) AK Dumbuya.

This operation, which consists of joint maritime patrols in Zone F (Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia Coast Guard, Sierra Leone) in coordination with the West Africa Regional Maritime Security Centre (CRESMAO) CRESMAO, runs from 25 to 28 August 2025 with the technical support of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) through the Safe Seas for Africa project (funded by the EU).

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