Transmission of piracy alerts in the Gulf of Guinea via #YARIS
On 4 October, a anti-piracy exercise took place between the Beninese and French national Navies and the MDAT-GoG. The YARIS platform was used as a communications and information exchange tool between the different actors. The feedback from this exercise shows that the...
Sierra Leone Joint Operations Centre trained to use the YARIS platform for coordinating operations at sea
[Freetown 24 September 2021] The Chief of Staff, Joint Force Headquarters of the Republic of Sierra Leone, Brigadier General Sahid Tejan Kanu chaired the closing ceremony of the YARIS platform (Yaoundé Architecture Regional Information System) advanced training...
YARIS establishes itself as the main communications and decision-making tool for maritime security operations
From 21 to 25 August 2021, the Multinational Maritime Coordination Centre (MMCC) of ECOWAS Zone F prepared and conducted the Operation Anouanze. The operation, led by Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire, was supported by UNODC through Danish funding and used data provided...
YARIS Rollout: Context and Perspectives
The origin of YARIS The YARIS platform was deigned to ensure information’s fusion and sharing as well as coordination of operations between the maritime centres of the Yaoundé Architecture. In 2020 the focus was on project development and testing and training...
Enhanced Maritime Surveillance in Offshore Gambia
[Banjul 2 July 2021] The Minister of Defence of the Republic of the Gambia, H. E. Amb. Sheik Omar Faye chaired the closing ceremony of the YARIS platform (Yaoundé Architecture Regional Information System) advanced training programme, in the presence of the EU...
Senegal: Maritime surveillance reinforced thanks to the YARIS platform
[Dakar, 11 June 2021] CV Sow, Head of the Operations Division of the Senegalese Navy brought the YARIS (Yaoundé Architecture Regional Information System) advanced training to an end, in the presence of the representative of the European Delegation to Senegal, Ilaria...
The YARIS platform used during the Megalops exercise
[Gabon, 2 June 2021] On the initiative of the CRESMAC director, the training platform of YARIS was used for the first time on 2 June 2021 as part of the MEGALOPS exercise, organised by the French Elements in Gabon (EFG). This initiative allowed the users concerned to...
Maritime operators from Guinea trained on YARIS platform
[Conakry, 4 juin 2021] Le Directeur de cabinet du Ministre de la Défense nationale a présidé la cérémonie de clôture de la formation avancée à l’utilisation de la plateforme YARIS (Yaoundé Architecture Regional Information System), à l’hôtel Noom le 4 juin à 10...
Enhanced Maritime Surveillance in Offshore Benin
[Cotonou, 21 May 2021] The Chief of Army Staff will inaugurate the operations room of the National Authority for Coordinating State Action at Sea (ANCAEM) and will preside over the closing ceremony for the YARIS (Yaoundé Architecture Regional Information System)...
Enhanced Maritime Surveillance in Offshore Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast has established a coordinated organisation to oversee State action at sea, under the oversight of SEPCIM (Secrétariat Permanent du Comité Interministériel de l’Action de l’Etat en Mer). At an operational level, maritime surveillance and operations are...