France and Nigeria hold joint naval exercises in Gulf of Guinea

"France has formed a naval partnership with Nigeria to improve maritime security and combat

piracy and trafficking in the Gulf of Guinea. The countries have launched a four-month mission led by the French carrier Mistral.....the Nigerian Navy announced that the French naval vessel Mistral had visited the port in Lagos, the West African country's largest city, on the Gulf of Guinea. The ship was there to take part in the "Grand African [Navy Exercise for Maritime Operations] NEMO and Exercise Crocodile Lift, scheduled for October 9–15, 2023," the Nigerian Navy confirmed." RT