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EUCAP Nestor provides training and equipment to Seychelles, Djibouti and Tanzania

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The European Union's EUCAP Nestor capacity building mission has provided equipment and training to the naval forces and judiciaries of the Seychelles,...

European Union and Seychelles carry out counter-piracy exercise

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The Seychelles Coast Guard, Air Force and Police Force, together with the EU Naval Force Somalia – Operation Atalanta and EUCAP Nestor,...

Exercise Cutlass Express 2013 commences

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Maritime forces from the United States, 10 East African and two European nations, along with several international organizations, commenced the multinational maritime...

New African Military Profile: Seychelles

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The Seychelles military is small, numbering under 2 000 personnel, yet the island nation has nearly a million square kilometres of territory...

Seychelles People’s Defence Forces

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Seychelles People's Defence Forces Index 1. Order of battle 2. Overview 3. Defence economics 4. State of military forces 5. Country threat report 6. External deployments 1. Order of Battle ...

Eleven pirates sentenced in the Seychelles

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Eleven pirates have been sentenced to prison terms ranging from 18 months to 16 years in the Seychelles Supreme Court. The sentences were...

India donates Do 228 surveillance aircraft to Seychelles

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The Indian government has handed over the first of two donated Dornier 228 maritime surveillance aircraft to the Seychelles for coastguard and...

Russia wants naval base in the Seychelles, Cuba or Vietnam

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Russia hopes to establish its first naval base abroad since the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union and is looking at Cuba,...

Russian Pacific Fleet servicemen hold joint exercise in Seychelles

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Russian sailors have conducted a joint anti-piracy exercise with their counterparts in the Seychelles during the visit of the Pacific Fleet ship...

UK announces counter-piracy initiatives for Somalia

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The United Kingdom is establishing a number of counter-piracy initiatives for Somalia as it attempts to stabilise the wartorn country, having concluded...

HMS Echo visits the Seychelles

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The Royal Navy hydrographic survey ship HMS Echo has visited the Seychelles and conducted training with the island nation's Coast Guard, which...

India signs anti-piracy pacts with the Seychelles

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India has signed several pacts with the Seychelles to counter piracy in the Indian Ocean. India's External Affairs Minister S M Krishna and...

Britain lands 14 pirates in the Seychelles for prosecution

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A group of suspected pirates caught during a Royal Navy operation in the Indian Ocean will face prosecution in the Seychelles after...

China considers Seychelles port offer, denies base plan

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China will consider turning to the Seychelles as a resupply port for navy ships taking part in anti-piracy operations off Africa, official...

China considers Seychelles port offer, denies base plan

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China will consider turning to the Seychelles as a resupply port for navy ships taking part in anti-piracy operations off Africa, official...

China considers Seychelles port offer, denies base plan

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China will consider turning to the Seychelles as a resupply port for navy ships taking part in anti-piracy operations off Africa, official...

China invited to set up anti-piracy base in Seychelles

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The Seychelles has invited China to set up a base to counter piracy in the region, the Seychelles' Foreign Affairs Minister has...

Somali pirates capture Seychelles fishermen; Taiwanese fishermen fight back

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Somali pirates are holding two Seychelles sailors aboard a fishing boat that was captured 65 miles west of the capital Mahe last...

IMF raises Seychelles 2011 growth f’cast to 5 pct

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Seychelles' economy is expected to grow by 5 percent in 2011 and by 4 percent next year as the global economy slows...

Seychelles ruling party wins all parliamentary seats

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The ruling People's Party of Seychelles secured a landslide parliamentary election victory official results showed, in a poll boycotted by the main...

Seychelles votes in parliamentary poll after rivals boycott

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Voters in Seychelles began casting their ballots in a parliamentary election that should hand the ruling People's Party a large majority after...

France restructures debt owed by Seychelles

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France signed a deal to restructure debt owed by Seychelles worth 44 million euros to help the Indian Ocean archipelago put its...

Donors to spend $9.3m to prosecute pirates

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Donors will spend $9.3 million to help Kenya and Seychelles prosecute suspected Somali pirates and improve those countries' criminal justice systems, a...

Seychelles to open port security head office

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The South Asian and African Regional Ports Security Cooperative (SAARPSCO) is scheduled to open its head office in Seychelles, APA learned in...

Seychelles meets IMF program targets: statement

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The Seychelles has met all targets under its IMF loan program and its economy is set to expand by 4 percent this...

Pirates seize cargo ship off Seychelles

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Pirates seized a Saint Vincent and the Grenadines flagged merchant ship off the coast of the Seychelles, the EU naval force says. A...

Swift, Nicholas wrap up APS East in-port training

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Crew members of Africa Partnership Station (APS) East celebrated the last week of official in-port training and maritime engagements with partnering African...

APS conducts swift crew turnover

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Africa Partnership Station (APS) East platform High Speed Vessel Swift (HSV-2) conducted a regularly scheduled crew swap of their military detachment while...

HSV training with Seychelles Coast Guard for APS

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Carrying an international staff from six countries, High Speed Vessel Swift (HSV 2) arrived in Port Victoria, Seychelles, followed by its sister...

Somali pirates seize Greek tanker near Seychelles

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Somali pirates have seized a Greek-flagged oil tanker near the Seychelles, more than 700 miles off the coast of Somalia, Greece's coastguard...

SA Navy not yet scheduled to go pirate hunting

The South African Navy is not presently scheduled to join the international anti- piracy activities in the Indian Ocean. That's the latest word on...