Royal Marines Joined By Foreign Secretary In Senegal

The Foreign Secretary joined Royal Marines training Senegalese response teams (Picture: Jeremy Hunt/Twitter).

The Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt has visited Royal Marines in Senegal during his six-day tour of Africa.

Personnel from 42 Commando are training local forces in the country to help protect oil and gas machinery from piracy.

Mr Hunt got to steer a rigid inflatable boat alongside British and Senegalese personnel during a demonstration in Dakar.

Posting on Twitter, he said the Navy's work "makes a huge contribution to how Britain is seen overseas".