Recent conflicts around the world highlight how asymmetric drone warfare at sea  can let even weak actors threaten key shipping lanes. In late 2023 and early 2024, Yemen’s Iranian-backed Houthi rebels repeatedly attacked vessels in the Red Sea and Bab el-Mandeb Strait using cheap unmanned systems. For example, on 16 December 2023, a U.S. destroyer (USS Carney ) shot down 14 Houthi attack drones over the Red Sea, and a British destroyer downed another targeting merchant ships.

24 February 2026 On 20 February 2026, the Government of Ghana formally notified the Government of Togo of its decision to resolve their maritime boundary impasse through international arbitration under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). The Ghanaian authorities cited that eight years of bilateral negotiations had failed to produce an agreement, and expressed a desire to prevent further incidents that were straining relations between the two countrie

Change in any organisation is challenging, particularly within a navy where traditions are profoundly cherished. It is more so when resources are limited and security threats are evolving. In all humility, I am convinced that the Ghana Navy’s experience from 2021 to 2025 under my leadership offers a compelling case study in transformational leadership during times of change. I served as Ghana’s Chief of Naval Staff from February 2021 until March 2025, leveraging the progress