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Nigerian presidential election result challenged

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The defeated main opposition candidate in Nigeria’s presidential elections filed a legal challenge to last month’s vote. Atiku Abubakar’s petition said he,  candidate for the...
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National Security

Suspected Islamic State militants killed in Tunisia

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Civil Security

Massive counterfeit seizure in Kenya

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Human Security

Mozambique Idai death tolls tops 200

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Three days of national mourning in Mozambique

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INDUSTRY

Industry

Former Denel chair expresses concern about board changes at Zondo Commission

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Martie Janse van Rensburg, former chair of the Denel board, told the Zondo Commission a decision by former Public Enterprises Minister Lynne Brown to...
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Denel implicated in state capture at Zondo commission

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Denel at the Zondo Commission

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SA Defence Industry strategy publication on the way

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AEROSPACE

Aerospace

Egypt orders Su-35 fighters – report

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Egypt has reportedly ordered Sukhoi Su-35 multi-role fighters from Russia for an estimated $2 billion. This is according to Russian newspaper Kommersant, which has reported...
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Algerian L-39 lost in crash

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More details emerge on Seeker 400 export order

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Tyre burst touchdown for the Deputy President

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SA DEFENCE

SA Defence

South African military assets evaluating post-Idai damage in Malawi and Mozambique

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Tropical cyclone Idai was downgraded after making landfall on the African east coast last week but the destruction it wrought was significant and South...
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SA soldiers in Goma receive goodwill parcels

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Goodwill Parcel Project delegation arrives in Goma

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New Defence and Military Veterans Minister?

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GOVERNANCE

Governance

Nigerian presidential election result challenged

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The defeated main opposition candidate in Nigeria’s presidential elections filed a legal challenge to last month’s vote. Atiku Abubakar’s petition said he,  candidate for the...
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Bouteflika defies protesters

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Kabila coalition wins DR Congo senate majority

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ISS: Algeria’s protests and migration: the fearmongers have it wrong

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NATIONAL SECURITY

National Security

Suspected Islamic State militants killed in Tunisia

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Tunisian Special Forces killed three suspected Islamic State militants after clashes in mountains near the Algerian border, a security official told Reuters. Days earlier, Islamic...
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Malian army base attack death toll rises

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Sudanese protesters keeping pressure on al-Bashir

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Algerian unions against new government initiative efforts

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COMPANY NEWS

COLUMNS

Lessons learnt from latest Op Copper deployment

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The most recent Operation Copper deployment in the Mozambique Channel, in addition to providing valuable "on-the-job" training for both sailors and airmen,...

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AFRICAN MILITARIES

Kenya Defence Forces

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Benin

Royal Moroccan Armed Forces

The Gambia

Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces

Zambia Defence Force

Tanzania People’s Defence Force

LAND

Land

Nigeria operating Marauder armoured vehicles

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Nigeria is a new customer for Paramount Group’s Marauder armoured vehicle, with the type having being delivered a few weeks ago. News of the type...
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DCD getting ready to deliver Springbuck APCs to African client

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DCD Protected Mobility is getting ready for another delivery of Springbuck HD (Heavy Duty) armoured personnel carriers (APCs) to an African client in the...

US hands over command and control centre to Niger

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The United States government has handed over a $16.5 million command and control centre to the Nigerien Armed Forces (FAN) to assist it in...

Milkor concludes grenade launcher deliveries to SANDF

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Milkor has delivered the last batch of 180 Y4 six-shot grenade launchers to the South African National Defence Force (SANDF). The weapons were shipped out...

SEA

Sea

Nigeria’s HIOS orders two Damen patrol vessels

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Nigeria’s Homeland Integrated Offshore Services of Nigeria (HIOS) has ordered two additional Damen 3307 Patrol Vessels from Damen Shipyards Group. This further increases the total...
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Combined Task Force 150 seizes 4 085 kg of narcotics

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Over a 24 hour period, Combined Task Force (CTF) 150 seized 4 085 kg of illegally smuggled hashish from two separate boarding operations by...

South African Sea Cadets drum up support for SA Navy warships

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Sea Cadets from TS Woltemade represented the South African Sea Cadets Corps at the 2019 Armed Forces Day recently held in the Cape Town. ...

Seychelles receives patrol boats from Sri Lanka

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The Seychelles Coast Guard has taken delivery of two Wave Rider inshore patrol boats from Sri Lanka, and will use them for maritime surveillance. The...

MARITIME SECURITY

Maritime Security

French naval task force on extended mission

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A French naval task force is currently steaming down Africa’s east coast as part of an extended five month mission that will include South...
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New force commander as EU NavFor marks 31st rotation

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The European Union (EU) naval task force off the Horn of Africa this month marked its 31st rotation since counter-piracy operations started in December...

Pirates kidnap crew from vessel off Nigeria

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Armed pirates have kidnapped five crewmembers from a vessel off Nigeria and shot dead a member of the Nigerian Navy who was guarding the...

Pirates kidnap three in Gulf of Guinea

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Pirates off the Gulf of Guinea have kidnapped three crewmembers from a Malta-registered tanker. Histria Ivory was sailing 20 nautical miles off the port of...

CIVIL SECURITY

Civil Security

Massive counterfeit seizure in Kenya

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Kenyan police seized $20 million of counterfeit banknotes stored in a personal safety deposit box at a branch of Barclays Bank Kenya, the directorate...
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Three days of national mourning in Mozambique

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Mozambique started three days of national mourning on Wednesday after powerful cyclone winds and flooding killed hundreds and left a swathe of destruction across...

Algerian doctors join Bouteflika protests

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Algeria’s doctors called for mass protests against Abdulaziz Bouteflika during Independence Day celebrations, ratcheting up pressure on an ailing president who is clinging to...

New group adds its voice to Bouteflika stand down calls

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A new Algerian group headed by political leaders, opposition figures and activists called on President Abdelaziz Bouteflika to step down at the end of...

BORDER SECURITY

Border Security

ISS: The Great Lakes can’t afford more instability

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Regional tensions in the Great Lakes are reaching an alarming level, with neighbours Rwanda and Uganda publicly raising the tone over the past few...
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Vapor Wake K9 to demonstrate at Securex 2019

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Vapor Wake K9 SA will be showcasing the innovative Vapor Wake method of training working dogs in the detection of explosives and other illicit...

Migrants hurt in detention centre clash

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At least 50 migrants were reportedly injured after a protest in a detention centre in Tripoli, the United Nations said. The protest was “driven by...

Ranger killed in Virunga

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Militiamen killed a ranger in Congo’s Virunga National Park, the park said, less than a month since reopening after being shut down due to...

HUMAN SECURITY

Human Security

Mozambique Idai death tolls tops 200

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The number of people killed in a powerful cyclone and flooding in Mozambique has risen above 200, more than doubling the country’s death toll...
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Mozambique cyclone death toll could pass the 1 000 mark

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The number of people killed in a powerful storm and preceding floods in Mozambique could exceed 1,000, the president said, putting the potential death...

Fire rages through Nigerian peoples’ camp for displaced

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A fire killed at least eight people and left 15,000 others without shelter after raging through a north-east Nigerian camp for people displaced by...

South Sudan dismisses gang rape allegations, asks for peace funding

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South Sudan’s justice minister dismissed UN investigators accusations that fighting and gang rape persisted in the country and called for $285 million (£218.1 million)...

MIDDLE EAST

Middle East

Battle for Baghouz rages

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Falling bombs raised smoke over Islamic State’s last enclave in east Syria, obscuring the huddle of vehicles and makeshift shelters to which the group’s...
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Timeline: Syria’s eight years of fire and blood

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On the eighth anniversary of Syria’s crisis, this timeline shows how the war flared, the country splintered, foreign powers waded in, peace-making efforts failed,...

Islamic State militants surrender in Syria

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Islamic State militants along with women and children surrendered in the hundreds to US-backed forces in eastern Syria as the jihadists lost ground in...

U.S., Taliban talks end for now with no Afghan peace deal

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U.S. and Taliban negotiators wrapped up their longest round of peace talks on Tuesday with progress made but no agreement on when foreign troops...

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

International News

China says 13,000 ‘terrorists’ arrested in Xinjiang since 2014

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Authorities in China have arrested almost 13,000 “terrorists” in Xinjiang since 2014, the government said on Monday, in a policy paper defending its controversial...
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Suspected white supremacist charged with murder after New Zealand mosque shootings

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Australian Brenton Harrison Tarrant, 28, a suspected white supremacist, was charged with murder on Saturday after 49 people were killed and dozens wounded in...

New Zealand mosque shootings shock the world

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At least one gunman killed 49 people and wounded more than 20 during Friday prayers at two New Zealand mosques in the country’s worst...

Families can sue gun maker for Sandy Hook school massacre

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Families of schoolchildren gunned down in the 2012 Sandy Hook massacre can sue Remington Outdoor Co Inc, a Connecticut court ruled on Thursday, in...

SCIENCE & DEFENCE TECHNOLOGY

Science & Defence Technology

CSIR’s passive radar system now running at five sites

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The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research’s (CSIR’s) passive radar system has been rolled out to five different sites in the North-Eastern part of...
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Hypersonic weapons: a challenge and opportunity for strategic arms control

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In February, the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs – jointly with the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research - released a 50-page document...

MBDA and Milrem Robotics unveil anti-tank UGV

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MBDA and Milrem Robotics are showcasing what they call the world’s first anti-tank unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) at the IDEX 2019 exhibition in Abu...

CSIR develops wide area surveillance system for armoured vehicles

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The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has developed a panoramic 360 degree Wide Area Surveillance System which would give armoured vehicle crews...

MILITARY HELICOPTERS

Military Helicopters

Rwandan Mi-17 crashes in South Sudan

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A Rwanda Air Force Mi-17-1V helicopter has crashed in South Sudan whilst on a United Nations flight. The aircraft came down outside Pagak in northeast...
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Romania sending Pumas to Mali

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The Romanian Air Force will later this year send a contingent of IAR 330L Puma helicopters to Mali to support the United Nations’ Minusma...

Royal Air Force Chinooks continue with operations in Mali

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Royal Air Force Chinook helicopters from RAF Odiham continue to support French forces in Mali on operations countering the ongoing insurgency there. The Chinooks have...

Djiboutian Air Force receives upgraded Dauphin helicopters

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Djibouti’s Air Force has taken delivery of four AS365N Dauphin helicopters upgraded by Airbus Helicopters in Romania. The four helicopters arrived in Djibouti on 16...

CIVIL AVIATION

Civil Aviation

High speed followed by failed climb for doomed Ethiopia flight

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Ethiopian Airlines flight 302 had an unusually high speed after take-off before the aircraft reported problems and requested permission to climb quickly, said a...
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Ethiopia crash black box data review starts

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France’s air safety agency began studying data from the black boxes of a Boeing 737 MAX plane that crashed in Ethiopia, as regulators the...

Ethiopia crash brings wave of Boeing suspensions, Trump anxious

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Britain joined a growing wave of suspensions of Boeing 737 MAX aircraft on Tuesday as U.S. President Donald Trump waded into the debate over...

IATA cuts annual air cargo traffic growth forecast citing trade frictions, Brexit

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The International Air Transport Association (IATA) on Tuesday nearly halved its annual forecast for traffic growth in the air cargo market to 2 percent...

UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

NATO to receive first Northrop surveillance drone, years late

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NATO is to receive the first of five Northrop Grumman high-altitude drones in the third quarter after years of delays, giving the alliance its...
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Airbus’ Skyways drone trials world’s first shore-to-ship deliveries

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Airbus has begun shore-to-ship trials in Singapore with its Skyways parcel delivery unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), or drone. This marks the first time drone technology...

Libya’s Tripoli airport reopens after drone alert

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The airport in the Libyan capital Tripoli reopened on Saturday after a brief closure due to an unidentified drone flying in the area, officials...

XQ-58A Valkyrie demonstrator completes inaugural flight

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The XQ-58A Valkyrie demonstrator, a long-range, high subsonic unmanned air vehicle (UAV) completed its inaugural flight on 5 March at the Yuma Proving Grounds,...
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