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The Executive Director of MAOC-N recently welcomed Commodore Mohammad Shettima, the Force Commander of the Combined Maritime Task Force in the Gulf of Guinea. Recently inaugurated, the Task Force is headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria, and already includes 15 countries from the region. Its main mission is to coordinate multinational maritime security operations across one of…

MAOC-N’s latest Executive Board Meeting (EBM) convened in Dublin, Ireland, bringing together senior representatives from its member countries’ authorities to review the Centre’s ongoing activities, address emerging challenges, and set its strategic direction. A key contribution to the discussions came from guest speaker Lorraine Nolan, Executive Director of the European Union Drugs Agency (EUDA). Her…

MAOC-N recently welcomed Charlie Stuart, Chief Peace & Security Advisor on Africa at the European Union External Action Service (EEAS), to its headquarters in Lisbon. During the visit, Mr. Stuart met with MAOC-N’s Executive Director and Head Analyst for discussions on the evolving security situation in West Africa, with particular emphasis on the challenges posed…

Last Friday, MAOC-N welcomed Carlos Cabreiro, National Director of the Portuguese Judicial Police (PJ), who visited the Centre’s headquarters in Lisbon. As the host country of MAOC-N, Portugal plays a central role in supporting the Centre’s mission and activities, with the Portuguese PJ serving as a key institutional and operational partner in MAOC-N’s efforts to…

MAOC-N recently took part in the European Police Chiefs Convention at Europol’s Headquarters in The Hague, bringing together more than 500 police chiefs and law enforcement delegates from 59 countries and 15 international organisations. Following a proposal from the Irish Presidency of the Council of the European Union, MAOC-N was invited to contribute to a…