Tag: military base
Terrorism is spreading in west Africa – foreign and regional collaboration...
The United States military has completed its withdrawal from Niger after 11 years of military cooperation with the west African country.
This follows a major...
Guinea military base attacked two days before presidential election
Armed men attacked a military base in western Guinea overnight, killing the camp’s commander, the defence minister said on Friday, two days before the...
Blast rocks military base in Somali capital, at least eight dead
A huge blast rocked a military base in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu near a stadium on Saturday, killing at least eight people and injuring 14,...
Sixteen killed in Niger military base attack
Unidentified gunmen killed 16 soldiers in an attack on a military camp in western Niger, local residents and security sources said.
The raid happened on...
Mali army base attacked
Gunmen attacked a Malian army base in a dawn raid killing 11 soldiers and burning the camp in western central Mali, the army and...
ISS: Should Africa worry about a growing foreign military presence?
The United States in particular, but also France, have had a lot of flak for their military presence in Africa. However a...
Turkey to open military base in Mogadishu
The Turkish Army will open its largest foreign military base in the Somali capital Mogadishu next month during a ceremony expected to...
UAE to establish military base in Somalia
Somaliland's parliament has approved the establishment of a naval base by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in the port town of Berbera.
The...
Soldiers involved in Port Elizabeth eviction showed “contempt” for the rule...
A Port Elizabeth High Court judge has ruled conduct of soldiers who apparently illegally evicted people from houses on Port Elizabeth's Forest...
China military declines to confirm Djibouti base plan
China's Defence Ministry on Thursday declined to confirm a report that it was in talks for a military base in Horn of...
Namibia Defence Force to build new military bases
The Namibian government says it will spend billions on the construction and upgrading of five new military bases over the next four...
Eritrea rebels say killed 17 soldiers in raid
Two Eritrean rebel groups said they had killed 17 government soldiers in a dawn raid on a military base in the south...
