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Somalia: Canada to step in as escort provider?

                   
eaglespeak.blogspot.com
Aug 6, 2008
        
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Canada looks like it will take on escort duty for World Food Program shipping, it is reported here:Canada is making plans to send a Halifax-based frigate to waters off the horn of Africa to stop pirates from attacking food shipments bound for Somalia. This would involve diverting HMCS Ville de Quebec, which left Halifax last month for a 5½-month NATO mission to the Mediterranean and Black seas. Defence Minister Peter MacKay had hinted Monday that there would be an announcement in Halifax on Tuesday about sending a warship on a United Nations mission. But on Tuesday, his spokesman said the announcement had been postponed and the department wouldn’t provide any details. "My links are all telling me there’s going to be an announcement that the Ville de Quebec will be taken from NATO’s standing maritime group and sent to (waters)... [read full story]                    

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Frigate Canada to escort food aid to Somalia

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Frigate Canada to escort food aid to Somalia

howardshome.com
Aug 8, 2008
        

Following frequent hijacking of ships carrying food aid to Somalia by pirates, the government of Canada has decided to deploy a frigate to escort World Food Programme (WFP) ships carrying aid supplies. Canadian Defence Minister...

                   

Canadian Warship to Guard UN Aid Shipments to Somalia

peacelink.org
Aug 8, 2008
        

Canada will deploy a frigate to protect Somali-bound UN aid shipments from pirates off the coast of Somalia, the country's government announced Wednesday. Canadian Defence Minister Peter Gordon MacKay said his country was...

                   

Canadian Navy to Escort World Food Programme Ships

digitaljournal.com
Aug 7, 2008
        

The Government of Canada is deploying the frigate HMCS Ville de Québec to the coastal region of Somalia to conduct naval escorts of World Food Programme ships carrying life-saving supplies to the area. Canada will deploy the...

                   

Somalia: WFP welcomes Canada naval escort in Somalia

somalinet.com
Aug 7, 2008
        

Somalia: WFP welcomes Canada naval escort in Somalia Thu. August 07, 2008 01:27 pm. - (SomaliNet) The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has welcomed Canada's decision to send a frigate to Somalia to protect ships carrying food aid...

                   

World Food Programme Hails Canada For Protecting Food Ships Headed For Somalia

medicalnewsblog.info
Aug 7, 2008
        

The United Nations World Food Programme welcomed Canada’s decision to deploy a frigate to Somalia to protect WFP food ships against piracy. “WFP is grateful for Canada’s leadership in protecting our maritime lifeline from...

                   

Somalia: Aid Agencies Struggle to Help Displaced

allafrica.com
Aug 7, 2008
        

Posted to the web 7 August 2008 Nairobi Much of Somalia's displaced population has scattered across rural villages, which are hard to reach because of rampant insecurity and limited resources, an international agency said,...

                   

Aid delivery problems for rural IDPs

hiiraan.com
Aug 7, 2008
        

NAIROBI (IRIN) - Much of Somalia's displaced population has scattered across rural villages, which are hard to reach because of rampant insecurity and limited resources, an international agency said, impeding aid delivery.

                   

Canadian warship to guard against pirates

thestar.com
Aug 7, 2008
        

Frigate and its crew of 253 reassigned to protect food shipments to Somalia, MacKay announces Be the first to comment on this article... Keith Doucette The Canadian Press HALIFAX–Canada has sent a Halifax-based frigate to...

                   

Canadian navy to escort food ships into Somalia: MacKay

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Aug 6, 2008
        

By: Keith Doucette, THE CANADIAN PRESS HALIFAX - Canada has sent a Halifax-based frigate to waters off the horn of Africa to prevent pirates from attacking food shipments bound for Somalia. Defence Minister Peter MacKay said...

                   

Canadian navy to escort food ships into Somalia: MacKay

820cham.com
Aug 6, 2008
        

By: Keith Doucette, THE CANADIAN PRESS HALIFAX - Canada has sent a Halifax-based frigate to waters off the horn of Africa to prevent pirates from attacking food shipments bound for Somalia. Defence Minister Peter MacKay said...

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