Posts Tagged ‘Kenya’
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EU NAVFOR Spanish warship NUMANCIA meets fishing vessels in the Indian Ocean
EU NAVFOR Spanish warship NUMANCIA, flagship of EU NAVFOR’s Operation Atalanta, has been patrolling the eastern waters of Somalia and Kenya where French and Spanish tuna fishing fleets operate. NUMANCIA’s helicopter located a fleet of EU fishing vessels and established visual and radio communications. The frigate joined the vessels reassuring them against...
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Piracy cooperation – Kenyon officials meet Anti Piracy Operational Commander of the EU NAVAL FORCE 22 Jul 09
Tuesday 21 July, Rear Admiral Peter Hudson, Operational Commander of the EU Naval Force – Atalanta (Anti Piracy Operation) visited Kenya to discuss joint ventures to combat the growing scourge of Somali Pirates in the Horn of Africa and off the Somali Coast. Adm Hudson, called on the Attorney General, Mr Amos...
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14.000 tons of food for Somalia successfully escorted by German Navy frigate
14.000 tons of food have been delivered successfully to the starving people of Somalia from Mombasa, Kenya to Moqdisho in order to prevent the predicted famine in Somalia. The humanitarian aid shipping, conducted by the merchant ship JAIPUR, was arranged by order and for account of the World Food Programme of the...
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More suspected pirates handed over to Kenya
Today, 8 June, seven suspected pirates taken into custody by EU NAVFOR Swedish warship HSwMS MALMOE 26 May, were handed over to Kenyan authorities for prosecution in accordance with the agreement between the EU and...
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Seven more suspected pirates to Kenya
On 26 May, the Swedish corvette HSwMS MALMOE detained 7 suspected pirates after an unsuccessful attack on a Greek merchant vessel in the Gulf of Aden. Under the EU-Kenyan agreement established in March 2009, Kenya has agreed to accept the pirates for further prosecution. The pirates will be imminently transferred to Mombasa....
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Another 14 suspected pirates to Kenya
For some days 14 suspected pirates have been held detained onboard the Spanish Atalanta unit ESPS MARQUES DE LA ENSENADA. Kenya has now formally agreed to take over these suspects for prosecution, based on the agreement between Kenya and the EU, which now will be used already the fifth time. The Spanish...
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Eleven suspected pirates captured by Atalanta
The French frigate FS NIVOSE, part of the European Union Naval Force Atalanta, for the second time was able to stop a suspected pirate’s mother ship plus two skiffs and arrest 11 suspected pirates, after the group of boats previously had been detected by a Spanish Maritime Patrol and Reconnaissance Aircraft, also...
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EU NAVFOR hands 11 Suspected Pirates over to Kenya Courts
Yesterday the French frigate NIVOSE, attached to EU NAVFOR Op ATALANTA, handed 11 suspected pirates over to the Kenya courts that were captured from a “mother ship” that took part in an attack on the MV SAFMARINE ASIA in the Indian Ocean last Tuesday. In other news, the MV STOLT STRENGTH and its...
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The United Kingdom’s Minister for The Armed Forces visits EU NAVFOR Headquarters in Northwood
On Wednesday, the British Op Atalanta Commander Rear Admiral Phillip Jones welcomed the UK Minister for The Armed Forces, The Rt Hon Bob Ainsworth MP, to the EU NAVFOR operations headquarters in Northwood. During his visit, the Minister was given a comprehensive operational update and guided tour of the headquarters, where he...
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First EU-handover of suspected pirates to Kenya
For the first time a vessel of the EU Naval Force Atalanta handed over arrested pirates to the Kenyan authorities for prosecution. Nine suspected pirates were arrested by the crew of the German frigate FGS RHEINLAND-PFALZ one week ago on 03rd March after their unsuccessful attack on the merchant vessel MV COURIER in...