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<p>Royal Navy and Royal Fleet Auxiliary ships, as well as Short Term Training Teams
(STTTs), work episodically to assist in building the capacity of maritime forces in
West Africa in order that they may mitigate a range of security threats, including
piracy. In 2015 HMS DRAGON, HMS LANCASTER and RFA GOLD ROVER delivered capacity-building
training to maritime forces in Angola, Benin, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Mauritania, Nigeria,
Sierra Leone and Togo. In partnership with US maritime forces, STTTs conducted training
in Angola, Cameroon, Gabon and Ghana while bilateral training was delivered in Mauritania,
Morocco and Nigeria. In 2016/17 there are plans for RFA GOLD ROVER and HMS PORTLAND
to continue these capacity building efforts and for an STTT to return to Nigeria.</p>
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