Tag: Dutch
Dutch “blood timber” businessman arrested in South Africa
A Dutch businessman convicted in April of selling weapons to ex-Liberian president and warlord Charles Taylor was arrested in South Africa on...
Dutch defence minister resigns over Mali deaths
Dutch caretaker Defence Minister Jeanine Hennis is resigning after a report highlighted serious failures by her department during a United Nations peacekeeping...
Dutch to withdraw seven ‘essential’ helicopters from Mali
Dutch forces are preparing to withdraw seven "essential" helicopters from the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Mali, with no clarity yet on how...
Two Dutch soldiers killed in Mali peacekeeping accident
Two Dutch soldiers were killed and another seriously injured during a training exercise in Mali on Wednesday afternoon, the latest casualties in...
Netherlands sends attrition replacement Apache to Mali
The Royal Netherlands Air Force on 27 May sent a single AH-64D Apache attack helicopter to Mali to replace the one that...
Dutch Apaches strike Mali rebels
Dutch AH-64 Apache attack helicopters with the United Nations carried out air strikes on Tuareg rebel forces in northern Mali on Tuesday,...
Dutch special forces in Mali tackle changing threat: minister
Dutch troops have joined a U.N. peacekeeping mission in Mali to meet a growing security threat from the region to the Netherlands,...
Dutch Apaches arriving in Mali
The first two Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) AH-64D Apaches have arrived in Mali where they are contributing to the UN Multidimensional...
Kidnappers in Nigeria’s Delta release 3 Dutch nationals
Kidnappers in Nigeria's Niger Delta region released three Dutch nationals held since May 4, Anka Mustapha, a spokesman for Bayelsa state's Joint...
Dutch Navy using ScanEagle for anti-piracy operations
The Royal Netherlands Navy has started using ScanEagle unmanned aerial vehicles for anti-piracy operations in the Indian Ocean.
On August 8 a ScanEagle...
SANDF, Royal Netherlands Army train at Lohatlha
The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) and Royal Netherlands Army are currently conducting a bi-national training exercise at Combat Training Centre...
Dutch to get Lynx helicopter back from Libya
The Dutch Ministry of Defence will get back the Lynx helicopter it was forced to abandon on a Libyan beach last year...
Dutch marines thwart pirate attack
Dutch marines guarding a merchant vessel off the coast of Yemen have beaten off a pirate attack directed against it, the Dutch...
Somalis on trial in Dutch court for piracy
Five suspected Somali pirates went on trial in a Dutch court for seizing a South African yacht and face up to 15...
