News / Piracy costs African economies and needs a hard-hitting international response

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16/12/2021

Ghana’s minister of information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has called for an international response to the Gulf of Guinea piracy problem, which is costing regional economies $2bn a year, according to a recent report.

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