Security Africa Magazine July/Aug

Issue 3: Security Africa Magazine / Proudly sponsored by Paxton Access July/August 2014

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The fight against Ebola: Is biometrics an aid to containment? At a two-day meeting in the Ghanaian capital, Accra, in July, officials committed to better surveillance to detect cases of the Ebola virus.

Nigerian Banks Move to Biometrics to combat Fraud: Nigeria introduces new system using biometrics to combat banking and internet fraud.

ADANI launches new integrated door access full body scanner: ADANI, the market leader in transmission x-ray full body screening systems, has officially launched the new Conpass DA integrated double door access full body scanner.

Navtech Radar introduces automatic intruder detection: AdvanceGuard is a ground based radar surveillance system which provides wide area intrusion detection.

Paxton Group: Dan Drayton, Paxton’s Sales Manager believes companies should be embracing new technology and providing installers with product education to ensure the security industry evolves in line with other global territories

How can Africa contribute to improved ocean governance? Our management of the oceans needs to change, and soon. Failure to do so will have a negative impact on human security and place health, food and environmental security under threat..

Libya’s El-Feel oilfield output dips due to security in Tripoli-NOC: Oilfield has slightly reduced output due to security problems in the capital Tripoli, a spokesman for National Oil Corp (NOC) said on Friday.

Algeria’s Sonatrach to spend $100 bln over 5 years to boost oil and gas: Algerian state energy group Sonatrach has approved a $100 billion investment plan for 2014-2018 to increase oil and gas output and also aims to start producing shale gas in 2020.

New fire safety rules: Rwandan Government issues six-month deadline - Managers of public places, national parks, forests, and storage facilities run by both the government and private businesses have until December to comply with the country’s new fire safety regulations.

Call for Investigation after Zimbabwe Mine Accident kills 7: Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) is demanding thorough investigations into the circumstances surrounding the death of seven miners at Golden Valley Mine.

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In our July edition of Security Africa Magazine we would first like to thank Paxton Access Ltd who have sponsored this edition. Paxton Access Ltd are a leading manufacturer of electronic access control systems. We have an interesting piece regarding their significant expansion into the African Market.

Also in this edition are contributions from NAVTECH RADAR, a world leading innovator and multi-award winning designer and manufacturer of commercially deployed radar solutions.

ADANI the market leader in transmission x-ray full body screening systems look at the latest technology. Our editorial maps the ongoing struggle against the ebola disease in Africa, a growing concern across the West of the region. The World Health Organisation has recently emphasised the importance of new technologies, particularly mobile phones, to prevent spread across borders. As countries follow adoption of biometrics for democratic elections with finger-printing healthcare records, these technologies will be at the fore front of prevention and spread of infection diseases in years to come.

Other topical stories of interest to the Security and Fire industry from Nigeria, Rwanda, Zimbabwe, Libya

and Algeria pinpoint developments in investment and infrastructure , Oil and Gas news as well as Ocean security.

As always we thank all advertisers and contributors whom are instrumental in the success of Security Africa Magazine, if readers are interested in editorial or advertorial inclusion for our September edition please email.

In additional we are pleased to announce that we will soon be launching our Security London Magazine which is the first Global Super City Magazine and website that will focus on Security, Fire and Safety Centric to London but also across the UK and Globally.

Please remember all interesting news surrounding Security, Fire, Health & Safety will be considered as editorial for future episodes. Please send to [email protected]

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The death, on 27th July, of one of Liberia’s top doctors from Ebola is the latest setback to the fight against the spread of the disease in West Africa. The World Health Organisation is calling

this current outbreak, which is believed to have started in January in South-East Guinea, the largest outbreak ever recorded.

Dr Samuel Brisbane was a consultant with the internal medicine unit at the country’s largest hospital, The John F. Kennedy Memorial Medical Centre, in the capital Monrovia when he was taken ill. Tolbert Nyenswah, an assistant Health minster confirmed that he had been transferred to a specialist treatment centre on the outskirts of the city, where he died. He also confirmed that another doctor was being treated for Ebola in the centre where Doctor Brisbane died and added that the situation `Is getting more and more scary’.

This is the latest in a series of outbreaks amongst heath care professionals in West Africa. The week prior to Dr Brisbane’s death Sierra Leone’s top Ebola doctor fell ill with the disease and the isolation of a US doctor infected by the disease in the Liberian capital, Dr Kent Brantly, was announced by the Christian Charity, Samaritan’s Purse. Ken Isaacs, of Samaritan’s Purse, later confirmed that another American, Nancy Writebol, had tested positive for the virus and was in a `stable but serious condition’.

The death of a Liberian official who died in Lagos after flying from Liberia raised fears of the disease spreading beyond Africa. Patrick Sawyer, a consultant for the Liberian ministry of finance, arrived in Nigeria and was detained by health authorities suspecting he might have Ebola. Nearly 50 other passengers on the flight are being monitored for signs of Ebola but are not being kept in isolation.

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The World Health Organisation reports that the current outbreak, which is the first in West Africa, has so far infected 844 people, causing the death of around 520 of them. This is double the size of the next largest outbreak, in Uganda in 2000.

The Ebola and Marburg viruses are among the deadliest known to mankind. The viruses are transmitted through contact with bodily fluids, and people caring for the dying, or preparing their bodies for burial, are often infected. Ebola causes fever, vomiting, bleeding and diarrhoea and kills up to 90 percent of those it infects. Highly contagious, it is transmitted through contact with blood or other fluids.

With no cure available, the WHO stresses the importance of response teams breaking the chain of transmission and infection by identifying those infected and isolating them. Recent efforts have been marred by rumours of organ harvest driving infected people to hide and flee, thus extending the range of the epidemic.

The World Health Organisation called a two-day meeting in the Ghanaian capital, Accra, in early July, with 11 countries in attendance , where officials committed to better surveillance to detect cases of the Ebola virus, to enhance cross-border collaboration, for

better engagement with local communities and closer cooperation with the United Nations, World Health Organisation (WHO) and other partners.

In an attempt to contain the spread of the disease, governments have been educating populations on avoidance of transmission. Liberia’s President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, announced a new task-force to combat Ebola. Lewis Brown, Information Minister confirmed that `It will go from community to community, from village to village, from town to town in order to increase awareness.’ These recent cases of health care officials and doctors falling victim must cast doubt on the effectiveness of education as a preventative measure by depending on non-professionals to protect their communities.

Attempts to contain the disease by isolating victims has led to widespread distrust of health workers which has further hampered efforts. In Sierra Leone recently relatives forcibly removed a woman who had tested positive from Freetown Hospital. Officials have been unable to trace the woman or her relatives.

Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama addressing the Authority of Heads of States and Governments of the members of the Economic Community of West African

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States (ECOWAS ) appealed to research institutions in West Africa to collaborate to find a solution to the outbreak of the Ebola disease.

“The disease has so far claimed about 500 lives in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia and there is, therefore, the need to find emergent and long term measures that will stem the disease in the region forever,” he said.

So far Ghana, which has recently implemented biometric registration for subscribers to the National Health Insurance Authority, has had no confirmed cases of the virus in the current outbreak. Every person resident in Ghana, including all citizens and legally

resident foreigners, was eligible to register for the NHIS card with people in regions covered by the new biometric system invited attend any NHIS office. The scheme includes payment schemes and data handling but will also be monitored closely for its effectiveness in disease control.

As Nigeria responds to the death of Mr Sawyer by screening passengers arriving from foreign countries, the question of what technology will help effectively combat the spread remains. Concerns about cross border control and the spread of Ebola beyond Africa have led to preventative measures at Airports in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. However, there is a difficulty screening patients as incubation periods can be between 2 and 21 days. New developments in Biometrics technology could perhaps provide a low cost, effective means of access control with a single device able to handle up to 48,000 fingerprints.

At the July Conference, Liberian Deputy Health Minister Bernice Dahn said “We believe that closing borders is not an option because we believe it would not work.” In turn, the conference continued to discuss border control options such as the use of biometric identification cards to synchronise the activities and movement of citizens across borders and aid those trying to limit the spread of the disease. SA

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Nigerian Banks Move to Biometrics to combat Fraud. On June 16th this year, Nigeria intro-duced a new system using biometrics to combat banking and internet fraud. Over the next few

months, bank customers will queue up to have their faces and fingerprints scanned to further secure trans-actions.

The BVN initiative involves the capturing of an individual’s basic biometric data information which include the facial image, the 10 fingerprints as well as other unique features of that individual. It gives the bank customer a uniform and single identity called the Bank Verification Number (BVN) that will be acceptable across the Nigerian financial system.

The 3-month pilot phase of this project issued 7,000 BVNs through 21 banks’ headquarters across 44 bank sites to existing internal bank customers. The deployment project will kick-off from 1000 bank branches located in Lagos and later spread to the rest of the country.

Adebayo Adelabu, Deputy Governor, Financial Systems Stability, Central Bank of Nigeria, announcing the move said that 2.4 per cent of banking revenue was lost to fraud cases. While quoting from the 2013 Global Fraud Report, he revealed that Africa retained its position

as the region with the largest fraud cases, while sub-Saharan Africa maintained the unenviable position of the region with the most prevalent fraud problems (77 per cent) among the regions surveyed.

A Nigerian Inter-Bank Settlement Systems spokesperson said “Customers are expected to go to any branch of their bank, complete and submit the BVN enrolment form and present themselves for data capturing. An acknowledgment slip with the transaction ID is issued to the customer, following which the system would issue the application within 24 hours, the BVN is generated, and the customer receives an SMS for pickup.”

The biometric technology system for verification and secure authentication of the identity of bank customers and ultimately as a means of authenticating customer’s identity at point of banking transactions will be particularly helpful in deterring money laundering and identity theft.

Nigerian banks lost a total of N159 billion (US$ 978 million) to electronic fraud between 2000 and the first quarter of 2013. The successful switch from magnetic stripe for automated teller machine (ATM) cards in 2009 to a more secure chip and PIN cards led to a drastic reduction in e-fraud to the tune of N21.72 billion with a further decline to N14.96 billion in 2010. SA

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ADANI, the market leader in transmission x-ray full body screening systems, has officially launched the new Conpass DA integrated double door access full body scanner.

The Conpass DA (Door Access) offers an integrated access control solution which has the capacity to detect a wide range of organic and inorganic objects concealed under clothing, in bags or hidden in the anatomical cavities of inspected individuals. The product is one of the latest and most advanced versions of the internationally successful ADANI Conpass full body scanner. The Conpass DA has the following unique features which highlight its advantages as a tool for enhancing security:

> Discrete selective scanning of visitors and staff

> Opportunity to hold a suspect inside the booth

> Remote operation

> Bulletproof construction option

> Integrated 2 way communication

> Internal CCTV option

The Conpass DA offers the users the most flexible and advanced full body scanning solution on the market. The system can be integrated into existing entrance infrastructure and access control system. Therefore providing maximum effectiveness and improving efficiency of operational procedures of the security checkpoint. This model of full body scanner is designed to be used at VIP facilities, military bases, critical infrastructure sites and any other applications where there is a need for the highest level of security and visitor inspection.

The advanced technology used in Conpass makes screening safe for operators and individuals being scanned. All Conpass systems are compliant with ANSI 43.17-2009 regulations and that justifies its use for general public.

Simon Lyster, Managing Director, ADANI Limited said ”The demand for more complete personnel screening solutions is increasing in a variety of markets as a result of a mixture of events and the realization by the enforcement agencies that the technology exists to safely screen for a wide range of banned and dangerous items. The ADANI Conpass DA offers a unique capability for discreetly scanning individuals entering sites where there is an issue of contraband smuggling or a constant security threat. At ADANI, we have always been proud of the fact that we offer a flexible approach to meeting the customer’s needs.”

About ADANI

ADANI is recognised as a modern international high-tech company specialized in research and development of proprietary state-of-the-art advanced X-Ray imaging technology for medical and security applications. It is known for its system design, agile manufacturing, engineering and customer service. With full professional design and manufacturing

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capabilities, ADANI can provide customised solutions for individual clients, meeting exact needs and challenges in today’s ever changing environment. ADANI, as a security technology company, offers complex technical solutions that ensure security and has created a range of X-ray inspection systems for personnel screening, baggage, parcel, cargo and vehicle inspection. ADANI’s patented technology and unique product lines have been created to support checkpoint inspection at border crossings, prisons, customs, and governmental buildings or wherever there is a high security threat or the need for contraband detection. The strategic goal of ADANI is to provide the most advanced imaging

products with the best image quality and at the same time safe for the use on members of the general public. The security and inspection systems have long lifetime and high durability which makes customer’s investment worthwhile. The quality of ADANI’s solutions is guaranteed by ISO 9001 and ISO 13085 certification. Based on that, the company is authorised to apply CE marking to all of its products which demonstrates high quality and safety of the equipment.

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Automatic Intruder Detection

AdvanceGuard is a ground based radar surveil-lance system which provides wide area intrusion detection. Using the highly reliable radar data from Navtech Radar Sensors (see sidebar with

brief history of Navtech radar and its technological achievements), AdvanceGuard employs a sophisticated tracking system to enhance CCTV solutions who would normally use manned guarding to monitor the CCTV cameras. Working directly with cutting edge software, AdvanceGuard is capable of intelligent, real-time track-ing, and alarm outputs over large areas. The system automatically controls the CCTV cameras to follow the intruder, it updates the intruders position every second, and therefore relays this to the camera which means the intruder is followed seamlessly wherever he/she goes. No other security system is capable of this level of coverage and automation. AdvanceGuard is an ideal security solution for critical applications such as airports, vital national infrastructure, nuclear power stations, and many other applications.

Leading solution for Airports

AdvanceGuard is heavily relied upon by airports, at present 16 Airports word wide - including Ostrava in the Czech Republic, Valencia in Spain, and Bristol in the UK - to name but a few. With EC regulation 300/2008 stipulating that all airports within the EU must comply with a set of best practices by 2015, several additional

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Airport projects are currently under implementation. It is worth stating that while AdvanceGuard has been used widely within the commercial airport security arena, the radar systems are also used in many other applications; Critical and National Infrastructure, Oil and Gas, Data Centres and many more.

Jason Burger, Business Development Manager for Africa at Navtech Radar comments, “The implementation of AdvanceGuard at Valencia Airport is particularly interesting, because, the project involved a complete overhaul to their existing security solution. The Airport handles nearly 5 million passengers per year, with significant amounts of both tourism and agricultural aviation in the surrounding area. Both of these factors play important roles in the local economy, making it essential for the security solution to be as non-intrusive as possible. The extremities of the site are predominantly flat scrubland and security had

previously consisted of a wire fence and a perimeter road used by airport service vehicles as well as roving patrols.”

Commenting on the decision to install AdvanceGuard at Valencia Airport, Fernando Garcia Rodrigues, Project Manager for Equipment & Facilities in the Operations, Security and Services Directorate, says, “We had a number of main issues we wanted to address with the new wide area surveillance solution. We needed to detect intrusions to the airport area, follow intruders once inside the airport. We also needed to avoid expensive civil work. We had to cover a huge area but had no tube bank or any other canalisation available for cabling, minimize communication and power costs, and maintain the same alarm rate and response in any weather or light conditions. Before installing the new wide area surveillance solution we didn’t have any proper perimeter breach alarm detection at Valencia

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Airport. Now, we can follow the intruder – which makes it much easier, and faster, to direct the intercept security patrols.”

SafeGuard Anti-Collision Systems

In most outdoor industrial operations there is a potential for one piece of equipment to collide with another operating within the same area. Therefore, to ensure safe and efficient operation, early detection and prevention of collisions is essential. Navtech Radar’s SafeGuard Anti-Collision System offers a radar-based solution to this predicament. The SafeGuard radar sensor combined with the Witness software suite facilitates radar data directly from a scanning radar and interprets it to detect and track objects within user defined areas of operation. Alert messages can then be sent to the machine controller, to take corrective action.

A great example of successful implementation of SafeGuard can be found in Pilbara Port, Australia. Jason Burger explains, “SafeGuard brings a great number of benefits to continuous ship loading operations, including all weather, day and night operation, dust and sand resistance, an extremely low false alarm rate, and ease of both use and maintenance. At Pilbara Port, conveyer belt loading of Iron Ore into ships is a 24/7 – 365 operation. Loading ships is not a simple task and it is critical to take account of the ship’s movement, both vertically and from side to side. It is also vital that balance is maintained throughout the process and this necessitates constant monitoring of the loading process to make sure the iron ore goes into the correct hold compartment. In Pilbara, the work environment is also very challenging with high temperatures, blustery winds and dust. Through SafeGuard, the operators of the conveyer belt iron ore loaders now have a much easier job.”

When asked about the African market for Navtech’s solutions Jason Burger says, “There is great potential in the African continent for our solutions and we already have solutions implemented in several African countries. For the moment we’re focusing our efforts on Airports, Oil & Gas fields and refineries, Shipping Ports, Power stations and other Critical National Infra structures in need of stronger perimeter and intruder protection and total security awareness.” SA

British based Navtech Radar Ltd. is specialised in the design and manufacture of high resolution, cost-effective security and safety systems. Since its foundation, the company has continually hit significant milestones as its business has become more and more successful through the production of increasingly sophisticated radar-based solution. Milestones include; production of the first prototype radar-based navigation system for driverless vehicles, the first quay anti-collision safety system, and the first distributed airport surface movement system. Through continual strides in innovation and quality management, Navtech were awarded the Queen’s Award for Innovation in 2010. With Navtech’s client base having grown significantly over the last 15 years, the company is now a world-leading designer and manufacturer of commercial radar solutions and markets three solutions; AdvanceGuard - a sophisticated Wide Area Security and Intruder Detection solution, SafeGuard – a solution for Industrial Sensing for Collision Avoidance and Automation, and ClearWay – a Highways Monitoring and Incident Detection solution.

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The Paxton Group is a global brand of electronic access control and door entry systems. Dan Drayton, Paxton’s Sales Manager believes companies should be embracing new technology and providing

installers with product education to ensure the security industry evolves in line with other global territories.

In March this year we launched in South Africa as part of our focused global expansion strategy.

It can be a challenge for any manufacturer to enter a new market, encountering key players who have worked to cement their reputation over the years, and users resistant to change. A successful launch requires a different proposition - for Paxton, that has been about education and training.

As a designer and manufacturer of electronic access control and door entry systems, we are committed to providing free training and education to installers. From our own research and engagement with those who work with our products, it’s clear that education and training is central in meeting the security demands of vertical market sectors, including energy, education and gated communities. There is a big onus on educating on technological developments and new systems - the market will not develop unless these supports systems are in place. This reaffirms our main route to market – education, education, and more education.

The sector is certainly ready for us, a view that is reflected in the take-up in our Certified Paxton Installer

Programme. Since our launch we have delivered 26 one-day workshops across the country, training 204 installers and engaging with 102 companies.

The feedback has been extremely positive, with 100 per cent of attendees saying they would recommend our courses to a colleague and attend another workshop. Ninety-six per cent of participants said they found the course ‘very good’, and four per cent said it was ‘good’.

We believe our growing presence is the start of bringing more choice to the South African security industry, though the sector remains highly fragmented. What is needed is a unified approach to driving industry standards.

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About Paxton

The Paxton Group, a global designer and manufacturer of electronic access control and door entry systems, is committed to providing free training and education to its installers.

The company launched in South Africa earlier this year bringing its smart network of security solutions to specifers and installers. It has experienced overwhelming interest in its product and the free training support it includes.

The Paxton Group, which manufactures and exports to 40 countries around the world, is a market leader aiming to provide engineering excellence, creating simple yet intelligent and innovative products to meet the challenges and trends of the security industry.

Paxton delivers market-leading customer care and support long after the installation. Its technical support team is available to help six days a week, 52 weeks a year, covering core business hours 9am-8pm.

Paxton’s signature Net2 access control system is designed to be easy to specify and install, making life simpler for installers. It integrates with leading CCTV, intruder and fire alarm providers, for ultimate flexibility, and also offers on-going software upgrades for life and no licence fees for additional workstations means the system is totally scalable.

vastly simplified and open systems that allow even the smallest security companies to provide effective security solutions to their clients - education is a starting point towards achieving this.

By educating installers you provide them with confidence to deliver innovative solutions to clients and better meet the challenges of the market. With sufficient training they will have the confidence to install appropriate solutions to meet the client’s needs. Training also ensures systems are fitted accurately, reducing the time taken to fix errors on site.

Too many companies see training and support as a cost to the business - however investment in education and aftersales support are the fundamental building blocks to growing in a developing industry.

For us, the next 12 months will be about continuing to deliver education with the same intensity and growing our distribution model. We have a further 31 workshops scheduled for the rest of the year, ensuring that we meet growing demand in the regions.

Certified Installer Programme

The Certified Paxton Installer Programme is a one day access control workshop that covers both the commercial and technical elements of selling and installing access control.

The course includes teaching installation techniques as well as fault finding and more general information of the administration and use of the system.

The workshop includes a short lecture followed by a practical hands-on sessions to allow installer to familiarise themselves with the product.

Paxton delivers market leading customer care and support long after the installation.

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Our management of the oceans needs to change, and soon. Failure to do so will have a negative impact on human security and place health, food and environmental secu-

rity under threat. This is the message currently put forward by the Global Ocean Commission (GOC), whose long-awaited report, ‘From Decline to Recovery: A Rescue Package for the Global Ocean’, was published on 24 June to considerable acclaim.

The report was prepared for a renewed discussion on governing the oceans that will take place at the United Nations (UN) General Assembly later this year. What is important for South Africa, and indeed the rest of Africa, is the co-chairing of the GOC by Trevor Manuel, former South African finance minister and former minister in the presidency, who has been a strong and eloquent advocate for improved ocean governance.

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inaccessible areas for exploitation, and the decline in fish stocks, which threaten the food security of billions of people. Other challenges include climate change, biodiversity and habitat loss creating polluted and acidic oceans, and weak governance regimes focusing on the high seas.

The oceans have always been the great, ungoverned space of the world and it has been accepted as customary that the oceans are a common resource that all can utilise, provided they do so lawfully and operate according to the norms and expectations of a maritime regime. ‘Regime’ refers to the collection of laws and institutions that actors such as states, or shipping companies, agree to comply with. These laws govern aspects such as shipping, resource extraction, pollution and fishing.

The regime envisioned by the GOC would occur through the creation of a UN Sustainable Development Goal for the Oceans, enhanced governance of the high seas to aid its recovery, ending the dumping at sea of plastics and creating regeneration zones. It also proposes scrapping developed countries’ subsidising of idle fleets of fishing vessels – which is significant for Africa. Such subsidies create overcapacity, which means ‘too many boats trying to catch too few fish, all of the time.’ This

would help reduce the threat of illegal, unregulated and unreported (IUU) fishing and overfishing, through detecting and closing ports and markets that allow such fishing to occur. Finally, this would be steered and monitored through the creation of a Global Ocean Accountability Board.

Historically it has been difficult for coastal states to reach consensus regarding ocean governance. The resultant regimes, in particular the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), came after decades of revision and negotiation, requiring enormous patience, good will and expenditure simply to produce a body of acceptable laws. Yet not all states have ratified the treaty – notably the USA – and many of its articles are impossible to implement or have major shortcomings. One such shortcoming is the definition of ‘piracy,’ which fails to encompass the range of crimes committed at sea that are associated with piracy.

Most African states struggle to monitor their territorial waters for criminal activities, and no regional economic community or international organisation, such as the African Union (AU) or UN, could do the job.

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There are also lessons to be learnt from past initiatives for ocean governance such as the 1998 Independent World Commission on the Oceans (IWCO). This commission sought to holistically discuss the state of the oceans and recommended measures to ensure that current and future generations could make safe, secure and sustainable use of the oceans.

This commission’s efforts at producing an international consensus on protecting the oceans also suffered from the indifference born of narrow-minded national interests and unwillingness among states to cooperate. The GOC report must not be allowed to gather dust, as has been the case with the IWCO report.

Developing improved policy is now a major challenge. However, solutions will not be easily found in simply extending sovereignty over the high seas. Such an approach would raise vital questions. For instance, whose sovereignty, and how is this to be enforced over such a wide expanse? Most African states struggle to monitor their territorial waters for criminal activities, and no regional economic community or international organisation, such as the African Union (AU) or UN, could do the job.

At present the GOC has enjoyed a high profile largely thanks to the prominence of its chairs and composition

of its members. Championing a commission with notable public figures certainly helps in garnering attention and producing action. While the impact of such groupings – The Elders is an example – might seem negligible, they do bring great awareness to the issues highlighted. Here too there is an important lesson for the AU in implementing its African Integrated Maritime Strategy (AIMS 2050) and Africa’s contribution to promoting ocean governance.

Article 104 of the strategy proposes that the AU establish a High-Level College of Champions (HLC2) – a GOC-like lobby group of prominent and respected African statesmen and women – who can play an important role in the implementation of the strategy.While this may work for the GOC, the HLC2 remains an aspiration for the AU. It is a tenuous one at best since it is unclear who will agree to take up this challenge and how they will popularise its work. This should be receiving more attention and engaging with the GOC is an important way of garnering insights. A sustained, well-funded and self-aware body such as the GOC offers a number of lessons, and the best hope for a regime that can offer not just human, but also global ocean security. SA

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Libya’s El-Feel oilfield has slightly reduced output due to security problems in the capital Tripoli, a spokesman for National Oil Corp (NOC) said on Friday.

“I don’t have any figures but some security problems in Tripoli have affected the field and slightly reduced production,” NOC spokesman Mohamed El Harari said, without elaborating.

El Feel, operated by NOC and Italy’s ENI, is protected by security guards from the northwestern Zintan region, whose fighters have been fighting rival militias over the control of Tripoli’s main airport since Sunday.Libya was producing around 555,000 barrels a day, NOC had said on Thursday.

He also said oilfield 103 in the east, feeding the Zueitina port had resumed work after a recent protest there.

But an official at Zueitina port told Security Africa Magazine security guards at the oilfield were objecting to a resumption in output because they said they had not been paid for one year.

“They are demanding as well to change the board of directors of the company,” he said. “The production of Zueitina is completely shut due to a protest of the field and port’s workers.”

Some oil workers also rejected restarting production because officials from the former regime of Muammar Gaddafi toppled in 2011 still held senior positions.Zueitina’s port had been reopened in April after a group of rebels demanding regional autonomy had agreed to lift a blockage but resuming production has been hampered by protests and technical challenges.

Libya’s oil industry remains highly vulnerable to protests by militias who helped overthrow Gaddafi but now seize oilfields at will to press for financial and political demands. SA

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Algerian state energy group Sonatrach has approved a $100 billion investment plan for 2014-2018 to increase oil and gas output and also aims to start producing shale gas in 2020,

the official APS news agency reported.

OPEC member Algeria, a major gas supplier to Europe, has been struggling to raise energy output, on which it relies heavily for state funds to finance development and social programmes.

Oil and gas production has been stagnating since 2010 due to a fall in exploration activity and a lack of investment from foreign companies, which have been wary of Algeria’s contract terms and security since a 2013 militant attack on a gas plant.

But energy officials are hopeful things will improve in the medium term through higher spending in the sector.

The $100 billion spending for the five-year period through 2018 will be aimed at boosting reserves and

increasing oil and gas production, APS said, citing an unidentified source at Sonatrach late on Saturday.The plan allocates $42 billion to help develop oil and gas fields from now through 2018. That figure includes $22 billion for natural gas development.

Officials have said Sonatrach is planning to start production at six gas fields with a total capacity of 74 million cubic metres per day in the next three years.The investment plan was reported as Algeria prepares to open bids for a new oil and gas round, with 31 fields on offer in September this year.

For the first time, the bidding includes blocks for unconventional resources, with tax incentives for foreign companies interested in investing in shale gas and shale oil.

Energy officials are optimistic that Algeria’s shale gas potential is significant and that Sonatrach will start producing it in 2020, with initial output of around 30 billion cubic metres per year, ABS reported, citing the Sonatrach source. SA

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Managers of public places, national parks, forests, and storage facilities run by both the Rwandan government and private business-es have until December to comply with the

country’s new fire safety regulations.

The decision was announced yesterday by Seraphine Mukantabana, the minister for disaster management and refugee affairs (Midimar).

Briefing journalists about the Prime Minister’s order relating to the fire prevention in the country, promulgated last week, Mukantabana said six months was ample time to comply with the regulations.

“The grace period is based on the seriousness of the problem and six months is enough time. Why would we have to wait more than six months to correct the current mistakes?” she said.

Last week, government issued new instructions to enforce existing fire safety laws, following a recent spate in fire outbreaks in the country, the latest being yesterday at Gikondo.

Last week, fire also gutted buildings in the city trading centre, commonly known as Quartier Mateus, days after another fire killed five inmates and injured 60 others in Rubavu Prison.

“Even one dead person from fire incidents is too many. Let’s understand that these instructions are here to protect people and their property. They are not in any way about penalising people,” the minister said.

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Under the instructions, any public building or other public places shall have, at a minimum, the following fire-fighting equipment’s: a fire alarm system with an alarm bell on each floor; smoke detectors and

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metres on each floor; hose reels on each floor; closed circuit television cameras and a control room; and a lightning conductor.

The instructions have also detailed how wild fires must be prevented, installations of electricity in public and residential buildings done, and specified that the installations must be inspected and certified before use.The installations will also be inspected every three years by the government’s law enforcing agencies, which will be ready to hand sanctions to non-compliers.

Mukantabana said government will this week reveal an implementation plan to secure compliance with the new fire safety regulations.

Awareness campaign

Part of the activities in the plan, the minister said, will be an awareness campaign so that more people can understand why they have to upgrade their structures.“It’s all about changing the attitude. The way someone decides that their houses will have windows and doors, the same applies to fire safety installations. How can people have the means to build a house and fail to buy

a few equipment’s to protect it?” she said.

Although the process to upgrade buildings to comply with fire safety regulations has been relatively slow, some analysts say a six-month ultimatum is generally enough time.

“Upgrading to comply with fire safety rules should be easy because it is all about buying the equipment and installing it,” said Bosco Nkurikiyinka, a Kigali-based trained security manager and fire fighter.

He said six months should be enough to comply with basic fire safety regulations unless it’s an exceptional case for some buildings.

The City of Kigali director of media and communication, Bruno Rangira, said that 30 per cent of the 150 structures have not fulfilled all the requirements.

Rangira had said in a past interview that most old buildings in Kigali that are yet to comply with fire safety rules have not yet installed fire hydrants, one of the requirements for fire safety clearance when developers apply for occupancy permits. SA

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The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) is demanding thorough investigations into the circumstances surrounding the death of seven miners at Golden Valley Mine in Kadoma in June..

Acting secretary-general Gideon Shoko made the call on Thursday in a statement sending condolences to the families of the deceased.

“We grieve with the families and relatives of the deceased workers and we are demanding a thorough inquest into what caused the accident,” Shoko said.“The incident points to a glaring lack in safety standards and inspection of machinery. The ZCTU firmly believes in safety and that no job is worth a life hence is calling upon all companies to prioritise safety measures and precautions to eradicate all sorts of accidents at the workplace,” Shoko added.

The miners plunged to their deaths and several others were injured when an elevator transporting them in a Zimbabwe gold mine snapped.

The miners drowned when operators lost control of the

mine skip that was hoisting men out of the mine. The cage sank 800 hundreds of metres into a flooded shaft. Another 11 miners were rescued shortly afterwards from the locally-owned Golden Valley Mine in the central town of Kadoma, 145km southwest of the capital Harare.

Sam Phiri, the regional officer for the Mine Workers Union says the accident could have been avoided.

“From the look of things, it seems like human error. And the safety devices which were supposed to be in place were not in place.”

Elsewhere in the world mining accidents create massive media coverage, calls for investigations, resignations and lawsuits.

But union leaders expressed disappointment saying the accident was preventable especially given that the National Social Security Authority (NSSA) has both the capacity and modern technology to detect failings with equipment before accidents happen. SA

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