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The Spanish coast guard has rescued three people who were stowed on top of the rudder of a ship that arrived in the Canary Islands from Nigeria. In a photograph distributed by the coastguard on Monday, the migrants are shown perched on the rudder of the oil and chemical tanker …

The Garifuna people, descendants of Carib, Arawak and West Africa have always fought for their place, cultural identity and heritage since the 1800s against colonial rule and discrimination. They fought to survive when the slave ship transporting them got wrecked at sea. When they settled at St. Vincent in the …

The Ghana Maritime Authority (GMA) has given luxury or pleasure ship-owners a 15-day ultimatum to register or licence their ships or face legal actions. According to the GMA, every ship owner operating within Ghanaian waters is mandated under section 3 and 40 of Act 645 to register or licence their …