Nearly two decades after securing initial rights, Total CEO Patrick Pouyanné was in Luanda to snip the ribbon on a $16 billion oil project. It’s not clear when he, or his peers, will be cracking open the bubbly in Angola again.

A probe by the Nigerian Senate into whether state oil firm NNPC improperly withdrew money expanded with the amount under investigation doubling to over $2.2 billion, a committee said.

Danakali and other miners said a UN decision to lift sanctions on Eritrea should enhance international trade opportunities and give an economic boost, although widespread wariness about investing in mining was likely to linger.

The Indian Coast Guard is training Mozambican Navy sailors on the operation of interceptor boats that India is donating to the southern African nation.

On 6 November the United Nations (UN) Security Council renewed the authorisation for international naval forces to carry out anti-piracy measures off Somalia’s coast. It is now 10 years since the first resolution was passed in 2008 to respond to piracy and robbery...

Italy has delivered a 27 metre patrol boat to the Libyan Coast Guard to strengthen its border patrol and illegal trafficking capabilities.

The only SA Air Force (SAAF) helicopter squadron on the east coast – 15 in Durban – recently provided airborne platforms for professional rescue technicians to fine-tune their skills.

Russian Helicopters has delivered two Mi-172 helicopters to the government of Equatorial Guinea, with one in VIP configuration and the other fitted out for passenger transport.

South Africa-based Ultimate Heli, part of the Ultimate Aviation group, has deployed two Bell 412EP helicopters to South Sudan to provide humanitarian support to the country.

A Russian-made MiG-29 fighter plane crashed during a training flight in Egypt Russia’s state-controlled United Aircraft Corporation was quoted by RIA news agency as saying.

General Electric Aviation has been awarded a $275 million contract to upgrade the engines of Egypt’s F-16 Fighting Falcon fleet.

Pakistan has provided an $184 million government guarantee to cover production of JF-17 Thunder fighter jets for the Nigerian Air Force as the Nigerian government continues to fund the type.

While a date a not yet been announced for next year’s general election, the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) is ready to assist in ensuring public order is maintained.

The Navy’s going it alone and will salvage the sunken tug De Mist using own resources.

2018 was the year the Reserve Force pushed for – and achieved - implementation of an updated service system for South Africa’s part-time soldiers, an integral component of the SA National Defence Force’s “one force” concept.

A new training module managed by Operation Sophia and focused on ship’s divers basic is underway at the Croatian Navy Training Centre in Split.

The SA Navy Hydrographic Office has been operational for more than 60 years supporting safe navigation at sea in the South Africa region. Recognition of the important work it does comes in the form of the Hydrographic Bill.

Damen will present its new vessel leasing fund, which is specifically designed for African shipowners, at the first Damen Fishing Seminar being held in Cape Town on 22 November.

The South African Police Service (SAPS) must focus on strengthening the leadership at rural police stations if it’s Rural Safety Strategy is to be effective, says Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Police.

Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Police wants the SA Police Service (SAPS) to focus on strengthening leadership at rural police stations if the rural safety strategy is to be effective.

Many cash machines in the Sudanese capital ran out of banknotes as government scrambles to prevent economic collapse with a sharp devaluation and emergency austerity measures.

When Moustapha Dieng came down with stomach pains he did the sensible thing and went to a doctor in his hometown Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso’s capital.

The Ebola outbreak in north-eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, which has already killed more than 200 people, is expected to last until mid-2019, the World Health Organisation emergency response chief Peter Salama told reporters.

Nine students died after fire engulfed a dormitory at a secondary school in southern Uganda, police said, one of the deadliest in a string of conflagrations at schools across the country in recent years.

The US military will withdraw hundreds of troops focused on counter-terrorism operations in Africa over the next few years to support the Pentagon’s increased focus on countering threats from China and Russia, officials said.

Turkey signed an agreement on Friday with military vehicle producer BMC for the mass production of the Turkish-designed Altay battle tank, part of the country’s efforts to expand its defense industry.

US arms sales to foreign governments rose 13% to $192.3 billion (£147.2 billion) in the year ending September 30, the State Department said, a result of looser restrictions on sales coupled with high-level efforts to close deals.

Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba says there is no policy framework that can enable the department to formalise an arrangement to enable Fireblade Aviation to have immigration services at the VVIP terminal at OR Tambo International Airport.

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said closing down struggling state-owned South African Airways (SAA) could collapse the country’s public finances as government would have to service its debts immediately.

South Africa’s Ministry of Public Enterprises said struggling state-run South African Airways (SAA) should reduce its cost base and prepare for a strategic equity partner in the near future.

Saudi Arabia and the United States have agreed to end U.S. refueling of aircraft from the Saudi-led coalition battling Houthi insurgents in Yemen, halting a divisive aspect of U.S. support to a war that has pushed Yemen to the brink of famine.

Street battles raged on Sunday in residential areas of Yemen’s main port city of Hodeidah, forcing medical staff to flee the largest hospital, as Houthi insurgents tried to repel forces backed by a Saudi-led coalition.

Fifteen Afghan civilians and 10 commandos sent to reinforce Shi’ite militia forces fighting Taliban in the central province of Ghazni were killed on Sunday, officials said, as a days-long battle with threatening ethnic overtones continued.