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Addressing the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), the world body’s senior representative in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) confirmed its mission is leaving,...

External players in Africa, particularly China and Russia, are bringing additional complications to Africa, including destabilising influences, the head of the US military’s Africa...

Efforts to end terrorism and violent extremism in southern Africa have been boosted by way of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) entered into between...

African nations are facing complex and layered threats to their stability and security, with significant headwinds across the continent, according to General Michael Langley,...

With seemingly only months before the United Nations (UN) mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) ceases operations, its Force Intervention Brigade (FIB)...

Southern African Development Community (SADC) efforts to manage and control ammunition in its area of responsibility took another step forward with an informal regional...

In an ongoing joint operation, FARDC (Forces Armées de la République Démocratique du Congo) is collaborating with elements of the Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces...

US Marine Corps General Michael Langley, the commander of US Africa Command (Africom), recently visited Somalia, which he described as reinforcing the United States'...

A Southern African Development Community (SADC) Mission Training Team (MTT) is ensuring inter-operability of forces deployed in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The...

Mozambique’s military is the launch customer for Paramount’s Mwari multi-role aircraft, and deployed the aircraft operationally in northern Mozambique in December 2022. Since then,...

Paramount has delivered its Maatla 4x4 light protected multi-mission border patrol vehicle to the Ghanaian Ministry of Interior. Making the announcement at the Africa...

The number of death sentences handed down by “military justice” in the Kinshasa-Gombe High Court in Democratic Republic of Congo has grown by five...

Senior African non-commissioned officers (NCOs) from 30 countries were on hand in Malawi last week to interact with their United States (US) senior enlisted...

In its three year, two month lifespan the European Union (EU) training mission in Mozambique - now replaced by a military assistance mission –...

Elaborating on the two-week August ceasefire between the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and its eastern neighbour Rwanda, South African International Relations and Co-operation...

The dynamics of peacekeeping have grown to incorporate transnational organised crime, illegal resource exploitation, climate change impacts, a proliferation of cheap weaponised technology and...

Rear Admiral (JG) Lisa Hendricks, Chief of Fleet Staff of the South African Navy, has emphasised the urgent need for increased regional cooperation to...

The third international Conference on Maritime Security in the Gulf of Guinea and the Red Sea brought together maritime experts, policymakers, and military leaders...

Southern African Development Community (SADC) senior representatives met in Maputo late last month (August) to review the bloc’s peacekeeping mission in Mozambique with a...

The United States is winding down its military operations in Niger ahead of a mid-September deadline agreed with the country’s ruling military junta. The landlocked...

Among a handful of prisoners of war captured in Ukraine after fighting for Russia, a young Somali man stood out. He said he joined...

Egypt’s first international air show is underway at Alamein International Airport, El Dabaa, west of Alexandria with President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi present for Tuesday’s...

Ahead of being replaced by a military assistance mission, the final training done by the European Union Training Mission (EUTM) in Mozambique dealt with...

The attack on the well-fortified Koutoukale prison in Niger’s Tillabéri Region on 11 July followed two failed attempts in 2016 and 2019. In this...

Czech aircraft manufacturer Aero Vodochody Aerospace is targeting the African continent with its new Aero L-39NG aircraft and to this end has brought the...

Ever since conflict erupted in Sudan on 15 April 2023, the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have been engaged in...

The scale of casualties suffered by the Wagner group and Malian forces during a recent assault in the Tinzaouaten region reveal vulnerability in Mali’s...

With September fast approaching and the end of current United Nations (UN) peacekeeping operations set for year-end in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC),...

The world’s two most substantial international blocs – the European Union (EU) and the United Nations (UN) – both came out strongly against last...

Seventeen years after the first African Union (AU) mission was deployed in Somalia to degrade the violent extremist group al-Shabaab, the country is set...

The United Nations security council unanimously voted on 15 August 2024 to extend the mandate of the 12,626 men and women of the African...

The #EndBadGovernance protest in Nigeria from 1 August to 10 August took a rather unexpected dimension when some protesters in Kano and Kaduna states,...

A Bangladesh force marine unit (BANFMU) is an important element of the south Asian country’s 1 600 plus component to the United Nations (UN)...

The task of keeping Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province safe from insurgents is now in the hands of the country’s armed forces – FADM (Forcas...

Douala, the Cameroonian port city home to the African Union (AU) Continental Logistics Base (CLB), has and is a one-stop hub for deploying security,...

The recently ended Southern African Development Community (SADC) mission in Mozambique (SAMIM) and its current mission in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)...

Egyptian port Alexandria is hosting elements of the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) 46th naval escort task force. What is reported as a five-day friendly...

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF), one of 16 worldwide to operate the A-29 Super Tucano, logged a notable 10 000 flying hours on the...

The US State Department has approved a $110 million sale to Tunisia of additional 65 foot Archangel boats manufactured by Washington-based SAFE Boats International. On...

Armed troops in Niger overthrew the government in July 2023, seizing power for themselves. The following months were rife with speculation that the military...

Russia suffered significant blows to its reputation in mid-2024. An attack on its territory by Ukraine came as a surprise. In west Africa, the...

An 11-year United Nations (UN) arms embargo on the Central African Republic (CAR) is over. The arms embargo came into force in 2013 against what...

The socio-political crisis that began in 1982 in Casamance, southern Senegal, is the oldest armed conflict in West Africa. It pits the government against...

Disaster management is an important component of humanitarian operations undertaken by the military and was given due attention during the just-ended Exercise Southern Accord...

The death sentence imposed on 32 Congolese by what is termed “military justice” and the Kinshasa-Gombe High Court, has drawn strong reaction from the...

In a significant step towards enhancing Nigeria's defence capabilities and achieving self-reliance in military hardware production, the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure...

The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has withdrawn its charges against the 95 Libyan nationals arrested on 26 July at an illegal military training camp...

The ongoing conflict in Sudan between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces is complex. It’s rooted in weak state institutions, ethnic diversity...

On 30 July, an Angolan court sentenced 198 people – men, women and the elderly – to four to eight years in jail for...

Among the contributions which earned 132 South African peacekeepers United Nations (UN) medals this week were ensuring farmers could return to their lands and...