A satellite view of the Bab el-Mandeb Strait on March 28, 2015 in Bab el-Mandeb, Yemen. The Bab el-Mandeb Strait is located between Yemen and Djibouti, north of Somalia in the Horn of Africa, connects the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden. PHOTO | USGS | NASA | GETTY IMAGES
Countries in the Horn of Africa have formed a task force to co-ordinate regional interventions in the face of threats to marine resources and security around the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden.
The team was formed on Thursday in Nairobi by the Committee of Ambassadors from the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (Igad) partner states of Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia, Sudan, Djibouti, Somalia and South Sudan.
