Djibouti

Posts tagged Djibouti

EU NAVFOR conducts three more successful escorts for WFP and AMISOM vessels

August 31, 2010 – 4:32 pm

After ten days chasing and disrupting suspect skiffs in the Gulf of Aden, the French EUNAVFOR Flag ship DE GRASSE headed south to the Somali Basin, to conduct the EU NAVFOR primary task: protection of merchant vessels (MV) chartered by World Food Program (WFP) and African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM). Under the...

Find out more

EU NAVFOR Force multiplier August 18, 2010 – 5:26 pm Focus on the Maritime Patrol and Reconnaissance Aircrafts, constantly operating for EU NAVFOR – Somalia in cooperation with warships. On the... Find out more	EU NAVFOR Force Commander hosts Commander of the French Forces in Djibouti July 26, 2010 – 5:55 pm On 22 July, Rear Admiral Jan Thörnqvist, Force Commander EU NAVFOR, hosted General Thierry Caspar-Fille-Lambie, Commander of the French Forces... Find out more
Senior French Parliamentarian Visits EU NAVFOR In Djibouti February 18, 2010 – 4:10 pm On the 17th of February, the Senior French Member of Parliament, Louis Giscard d’Estaing, Deputy President of the Financial Committee... Find out more	Operational Commander EU NAVFOR visits Djibouti and Kenya December 5, 2009 – 3:00 pm From 29 Nov to 2 Dec, Rear Admiral Peter Hudson Operational Commander of EU NAVFOR Somalia – Operation Atalanta, visitied... Find out more
EU Ambassadors visit EU NAVFOR in the area of operations October 12, 2009 – 3:09 pm On sunday 11 october the Ambassadors of the Political and Security Committee (PSC) of the European Union visited the European... Find out more	EU NAVFOR Swedish unit saves life in Gulf of Aden before heading back to Sweden September 21, 2009 – 2:57 pm On Saturday 19 September a exausted man was saved by the Swedish units after swimming nearly 3 km in an... Find out more
Co-operation against piracy August 6, 2009 – 6:24 pm To increase the knowledge about the European Union Naval Force and the aims of operation Atalanta, a liaison officer from... Find out more	Media Day: “Now we have an understanding of how EU NAVFOR works” July 30, 2009 – 2:51 pm On 24 July, journalist were invited to a Media day in Djibouti to witness the excellent work of over 1200... Find out more
Castaways safely brought back to Somalia June 7, 2009 – 11:55 am Early today four sailors from Somalia, who had been rescued during a distress at sea incident, were safely brought back... Find out more	Atalanta begins Maritime Aircraft Patrols in the Indian Ocean April 9, 2009 – 2:30 pm This week has seen significant activity both by the hijackers operating off the Somalia coast in the Indian Ocean and... Find out more