SDF reopens outstation on Assomption Island |17 March 2026

An aerial view of the SDF outstation

SDF reopens outstation on Assomption Island                           

The Seychelles Defence Force has resumed permanent presence on Assomption Island with the deployment of a detachment of soldiers to man the Seychelles Coast Guard station there.

The station provides the Seychelles Defence Force (SDF) with a forward operating platform to support its operations in the South West of Seychelles’ exclusive economic zone (EEZ), as well as to be able to react to incidents in the vicinity of Assomption Island. This is in line with the SDF’s constitutional mandate.

Assomption facilities also contain surveillance equipment which forms part of the SDF coastal surveillance radar system network.

Apart from Assomption, SDF also has military presence on Aldabra Atoll.

Press release – Seychelles Defence Force