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Patrick Youssef, Head of Africa for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), offers a sobering analysis of Africa’s escalating humanitarian crises, amid...

Cyber Defence

Specialist police investigate cyber fraud, prosecutions remain low

16th January 2025

African News

Keeping the spotlight on Africa’s child soldiers

15th January 2025

SA Defence

Department of Military Veterans delivers – Motshekga

15th January 2025

SA DEFENCE

SA Defence

Venue for Armed Forces Day 2025 still be to finalised

Kim Helfrich - 15th January 2025

21 February – earmarked as Armed Forces Day in South Africa - is just over five weeks away and a decision on venue is...

Department of Military Veterans delivers – Motshekga

15th January 2025

Public Protector finds against DoD Human Resources Division

10th January 2025

UN peacekeeping payments to South Africa to be questioned

10th January 2025

INDUSTRY

Industry

Sparcx developing AI-based radar target classification system

Guy Martin - 14th January 2025

One of the key projects being pursued by Pretoria-based electronic engineering company Sparcx is an artificial intelligence (AI)-based radar target classification (RTC) system that...

DCS ready to take over private prisons

6th January 2025

Denel upgrading Umkhonto missile

3rd January 2025

Commercial satellites are changing the battlespace and the balance of power

2nd January 2025

AEROSPACE

Aerospace

Egypt shopping for Hellfire missiles and guided rockets

Guy Martin - 15th January 2025

Egypt is looking to acquire Hellfire missiles and 70 mm guided rockets worth nearly $700 million. On 20 December the US State Department approved possible...

SA military aviation anniversaries to be marked in January

15th January 2025

Zambia aiming to buy more Bell 412 helicopters

14th January 2025

Morocco looking to buy Small Diameter Bombs, AIM-120 missiles for its F-16s

13th January 2025

SEA

African News

Chinese fishing vessel “liberated” from Somali pirates

defenceWeb - 14th January 2025

Six weeks after surveillance was mounted on a Chinese fishing vessel pirated off Somalia, the unnamed vessel was “liberated” on Monday 13 January. A four...

Ghana commissions new naval base and naval vessel

13th January 2025

Nigeria’s HIOSL receives another Damen patrol vessel

8th January 2025

NCOP security and justice oversight committee will advocate for more defence funding

6th January 2025

LAND

African News

Egypt seeking to upgrade M1 Abrams tanks in $4.7 billion deal

Guy Martin - 13th January 2025

Egypt is looking to upgrade half of its its M1 Abrams main battle tank fleet through a nearly $5 billion project covering 555 tanks. The...

Role of nuclear weapons grows as geopolitical relations deteriorate

27th December 2024

Puma M36 APCs originally bound for Niger going to Benin, Ghana, and Cote d’Ivoire

9th December 2024

Tunisia seeking Javelin anti-tank missiles

4th December 2024

AFRICAN NEWS

African News

Invisible wars and visible suffering: The ICRC’s role in Africa’s humanitarian response

Pearl Matibe - 16th January 2025

Patrick Youssef, Head of Africa for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), offers a sobering analysis of Africa’s escalating humanitarian crises, amid...

Keeping the spotlight on Africa’s child soldiers

15th January 2025

Egypt shopping for Hellfire missiles and guided rockets

15th January 2025

Can Burundi afford to pull its troops out of Somalia?

14th January 2025

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AFRICAN MILITARIES

African Militaries

South African National Defence Force

Guy Martin - 1st February 2013

South African National Defence Force Index 1. Order of battle 2. Defence economics 3. State of military forces 4. Country threat report 5. External...

African Militaries

Angola

Guy Martin - 5th February 2013

Angolan Armed Forces Index 1. Order of battle 2. Angolan Armed Forces Overview 3. Defence economics 4. State of military forces 5. Country...

African Militaries

Benin

Guy Martin - 6th February 2013

Benin Armed Forces Index 1. Order of battle 2. Overview 3. Defence economics 4. State of military forces 5. Country threat report 6. External deployments 1. Benin Armed...

African Militaries

Botswana

Guy Martin - 7th February 2013

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African Militaries

Burkina Faso

Guy Martin - 8th February 2013

Burkina Faso military Index 1. Order of battle 2. Overview 3. Defence economics 4. State of military forces 5. Country threat report 6. External deployments 1. Order...

African Militaries

Burundi

Guy Martin - 13th February 2013

Burundi military Index 1. Order of battle 2. Overview 3. Defence economics 4. State of military forces 5. Burundi threat report 6. External deployments 1. Order of Battle ...

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