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Ivory Coast offering buy-outs to reduce size of the army

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Ivory Coast will pay thousands of soldiers 15 million CFA francs ($25,782) each as part of buy-outs aimed at reducing the size...

South Sudan government forces attacked by rebels

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Twenty-seven people were killed when rebels attacked government forces in South Sudan, a local government official said. Three government soldiers and 24 fighters...

Nigerian army to train in Niger Delta

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The Nigerian army will carry out training exercises in the restive southern Niger Delta, where attacks on oil installations last year cut...

Islamic State set up desert army after loss of Sirte

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Islamic State militants in Libya set up a desert army composed of at least three brigades after they lost their Sirte stronghold...

Hundreds massacred in DR Congo army/militia power struggle

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Congolese army commanders orchestrated a wave of massacres killing hundreds between 2014 and 2016 as they vied for influence with anti-government insurgents...

Biafra separatists, Nigerian army at loggerheads over siege allegations

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A group campaigning for the secession of part of south-eastern Nigeria, formerly Biafra, accused the army of laying siege to their leader's...

Army of bewitched children is target of DR Congo massacres –...

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A militia group blamed for atrocities in DR Congo is largely composed of children, while a militia formed to defeat it is...

South Sudan army captures rebel-held town

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South Sudan's government has taken the last town before the main rebel base Pagak, where thousands of civilians fled to escape fighting...

Burundi purging army on ethnic lines – report

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Burundian authorities intensified an ethnically-driven purge of the army this year, risking renewed civil war in the central African nation, a French...

Central African “security vacuum” may be exploited by armed groups

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The United Nations envoy for Central Africa is concerned withdrawal of troops from the regional force by some contributing countries would create...

Ousted South Sudan army chief to return to Juba

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South Sudan's ousted army chief said he will return to Juba, two days after being dismissed and leaving the city in a...

Security pact signed to beef up Somali army

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Somalia's government and its foreign backers signed a security pact they present as a road map towards building a functional national army...

Sacked South Sudan army chief quits Juba

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South Sudan's sacked army chief Paul Malong has left the capital for his home state, the defence minister said, raising concerns over...

New Army Chief for South Sudan

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South Sudan president Silva Kiir has replaced army chief Paul Malong with a general from an ethnic minority, the defence minister said,...

Nigerian army launches operation to stem ethnic violence

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The Nigerian army launched a month-long operation to reduce violence in the centre of the country, as ethnically charged fighting pressures a...

Five killed in Benghazi battle

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Five East Libyan force soldiers were killed in clashes with Islamist-led rivals holed up on the edge of a recently recaptured district...

Army mutiny exposes cracks in Ivory Coast success

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Ivory Coast's President Alassane Ouattara seduced foreign investors with his single-minded focus on economic reform and growth but entrenched problems within the...

Ivory Coast’s two day mutiny leaves foreign investors unfazed

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Soldiers rampaging through Ivory Coast in a two-day mutiny have done little to dent investors' faith that President Alassane Ouattara will retain...

Ivory Coast president dismisses heads of army, police and gendarmes

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Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara dismissed the heads of the army, police and gendarmes on Monday after a two-day military mutiny that...

Gambia army chief stands by Jammeh

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Gambia's army chief reaffirmed his loyalty to embattled President Yahya Jammeh on Wednesday in the face of a possible regional military intervention...

Syrian army’s Aleppo advance slows, but victory is in sight

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The Syrian army's advance in Aleppo has slowed but a victory was still firmly in sight after President Bashar al-Assad vowed retaking...

South Sudan army and rebels clash, at least 15 dead

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South Sudanese soldiers and rebels clashed in a state bordering Sudan, killing at least 15 people as violence raged on in the...

Ugandan army captain investigated for graft

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Uganda's military said it was investigating an army officer who is an aide to President Yoweri Museveni's brother on charges he was...

Military has no role in Mugabe’s successor – Army chief

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Zimbabwe's military has no say on who should take over from President Robert Mugabe, the country's army commander said, as tension mounts...

Niger Delta attacks apparently prompted by army presence

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A Nigerian militant group said the continued presence of the army in the southern Niger Delta energy hub has undermined peace talks...

Niger Delta leaders want army out

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Leaders from Nigeria's Niger Delta called on President Muhammadu Buhari to pull the army out from the oil hub, order oil firms...

New dangers for Nigerian army in Boko Haram campaign

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Nigeria's military has liberated large swathes of land from Boko Haram but a ride with an army convoy, all guns firing for...

Second senior SA Army officer in court in connection with corruption...

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A senior officer based at the SA Army's Army Support Base (ASB) in Potchefstroom appeared in the Pretoria Commercial Crime Court on...

Nigerian Army killed 346 Shi’ites in northern city – inquiry

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Nigeria's army killed 349 people from the minority Shi'ite Muslim sect last December in a series of clashes for which troops involved...

Somalia’s al Shabaab hits army base, at least 10 soldiers killed

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Al Shabaab Islamist militants rammed a car packed with explosives into a Somali army base southwest of the capital on Monday and...

Army Signal Formation general arrested

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An SA Army brigadier general has been arrested in connection with charges of fraud and corruption, the SA National Defence Force (SANDF)...

Soldiers now part of government’s plan to end xenophobic attacks.

Speaking in Alexandra, Johannesburg, yesterday Defence and Military Veterans Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula said the army had been deployed to the area adding...

Army Reserves Director busy with two big projects

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Apart from overseeing a pilot project to involve the reserve component of the SA Army in rural economic development, Brigadier General Gerhard...

Saab to participate in SAJADS on the 10th – 12th September

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The History of the South African Joint Air Defence Symposium (SAJADS). In August 1999, Brig Gen M.S. Brazzoli, Director Command and Control Systems,...

Reserves add value to Army operations

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More proof of the value add provided by the Reserve Force to meeting SA National Defence Force (SANDF) operational commitments comes from...

AU making slow progress in the fight against Lord’s Resistance Army

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While progress has been made by the AU led regional co-operation initiative for the elimination of Lord's Resistance Army (RCI-LRA) it has...

No date set for Army Reserve units’ name changes

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Nothing is yet cast in stone as regards voluntary name changes for SA Army Reserve Force regiments and units. The idea of changing...

Army acquisition programmes to be “pushed” – Defence Minister

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While Ministerial pronouncements in general are not an "Open Sesame" Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula's words that there will be a "push" on a number...

SANDF contingent training hard for DRC deployment

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The South African battalion earmarked for deployment as part of the UN DRC intervention brigade is currently undergoing intensive training ahead of...

Lack of funding could affect Army’s mission readiness – Masondo

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Years of underfunding, coupled with ever increasing demands on the South African military machine, have and are creating more and more difficult...

Feature: Platoon manoeuvres (corrected)

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War is a social science, as is organising for it. However, it is often said the defining characteristic of the social sciences...

SA Army explores future technology

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The South African Army has held a technology seminar at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) in Pretoria. The CSIR's...

National Service, 25 years on

Forgive this personal indulgence, but this afternoon marks 25 years exactly since I reported for compulsory national service under the previous regime....

Turkish ex-army chief in jail over anti-government plot

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Former Turkish armed forces chief General Ilker Basbug spent his first night behind bars charged with trying to overthrow the government in...

Major battle in Syria; shops shut by strike

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Syrian troops and army defectors have fought one of the biggest battles in Syria's nine-month uprising while a protest strike shut businesses...

Islamist president hopeful tells army not to meddle

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A leading Islamist presidential hopeful said the army had no right to meddle in drawing up Egypt's new constitution and said the...

Egypt’s new PM says army to give him extra powers

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Egypt's new prime minister said the ruling army would grant him extra powers, and appointed a finance minister along with most other...

Egypt army says committed to democratic transition

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A truce between Egyptian riot police and protesters succeeded in calming violence that has killed 39 people in five days, and the...

Protests draw concessions from Egypt army rulers

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Egypt's ruling generals offered to transfer power to a civilian president by July in a dramatic attempt to placate protesters and defuse...

Sudan army says takes rebel town in border state

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Sudan's army said it captured a rebel-held town and seized tanks and other military equipment in Blue Nile state another setback for...