The Security Implication of Sea Piracy and Maritime Insecurity in Contemporary Africa Economy

This work evaluates the factors in the resurgence and upsurge in piratical activities in contemporary Africa's maritime domain. Its main objective is to situate and explicate the claims of: 'state failure' and 'alienation', and their role in the rise of sea piracy and maritime insecurity. It argues that sea piracy and maritime insecurity represents a very complex matrix of both domestic and global dimensions that have fueled criminality and lawlessness by non-state agencies. The work further holds that the bewildering increase in the incidences of sea piracy and maritime insecurity has continuous dire consequences and have inflicted unquantifiable damage on the continent’s attempts at achieving sustainable developments, peace, security, stability and prosperity. The findings contends that 'state failure', which has to do with the functional dimension of statehood, and denotes the lost of certain powers and privileges, ascribed and critical to state's developmental and security functions, to transform society into a modern industrial one, improve economic performance, prevent and alleviate poverty, and create prosperity is lacking. To this end, good governance, security sector reform, improved military, diplomatic as well as legal regimes and instruments, among others were recommended.