Strong Relationship With World Food Prog

During a recent port visit to Mombasa the Operation Atalanta flagship NRP Álvares Cabral hosted representatives from the World Food Programme. EU Naval Force Flagship

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Fast-Rope Exercise

The flagship of the EU Naval Force (EU NAVFOR), NRP Alvares Cabral has conducted a fast-rope insertion exercise on a World Food Programme (WFP) vessel.

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FS Courbet Escorts World Food Programme

French warship FS Courbet, operating as part of Operation Atalanta, escorted a World Food Programme (WFP) ship carrying food and aid for the Somali people. EU Naval Force French Warship FS ...

First Escort Mission

EU Naval Force flagship ESPS Méndez Núnez has conducted her first World Food Programme (WFP) escort service as part of the EU's counter piracy mission. EU Naval Force Flagship ESPS Méndez ...

Force Commander Meets Dutch Protection Team

Force Commander French Rear Admiral Dupuis meets EUNAVFOR Dutch WFP vessel protection detachment on board M/V Caroline Scan. On June 5 in the morning, EUNAVFOR Force Commander Rear Admiral Dupuis and ...

Aid Fears

The fear of being captured by Somali pirates is complicating aid deliveries to the famine-ravaged Horn of Africa. Sulaiman Shamseldin, the director general of the Kuwait-based International Islamic Charitable Organisation (IICO), ...

Heavy Price

The price of feeding two million starving Somalis may be all out war, crime and piracy on an unprecedented scale. There are fears that U.S. food aid is getting into the ...

Insult To Injury

Piracy is hampering the delivery of food aid to Somalia, forcing relief agencies to use aircraft or less convenient ports that lengthen delivery time, the African Development Bank's chief economist ...

Food Aid

The Chinese navy missile frigate “Ma’anshan” has, in a landmark move, completed the first port-to-port escort of a World Food Programme ship bound for Somalia. The Type 054 frigate escorted the ...