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Saturday, June 11, 2011

France donates patrol vessel to Kenya to facilitate fight against piracy

La RieuseThe French government has donated a patrol ship to the Kenya Navy to assist in the fight against piracy, drug trafficking and terrorism in the Indian Ocean.

The Nairobi Star reports French ambassador in Kenya Etienne de Poncins saying his government had donated the La Rieuse so Kenya could enforce law and order on the high seas.

"The French government has donated this ship to help the Kenyan navy to monitor crimes in the Indian Ocean. The ship is efficient and it will bring a big change to the Kenyan Coast and Indian Ocean as a whole," he said.

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