Docked in the port of Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital, floats a colossal oil tanker. Two layers of razor wire snake around its deck. Two life-sized human dummies in orange jumpsuits are perched on the ship’s bridge, posing as crew members keeping watch. Serving as a reminder that such precautions are prudent in Africa are the mangled steel and concrete remains of a jetty. It was blown up a decade ago by militants with a sideline in piracy.
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A Nigerian naval member sits in a vessel during Obangame Express, a multinational maritime exercise involving 33 countries off the coast of Lagos on March 20, 2019.
