Saudi-Led Coalition Says It Destroyed Five Houthi Missile Tunnels and Four Launchers After Missile Fired at Riyadh
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Africa’s 10 Largest Warships by Full-Load Displacement
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Which African Countries Operate NORINCO VN-Series Armoured Vehicles?
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Kenya and Tanzania Are Building Very Different Militaries
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Houthis Claim Missile Strikes on Riyadh Airport, Khamis Mushait Air Base and Jazan Border Guard Base; Saudi Arabia Has Not Confirmed
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Sudan’s Army Fields About 100 Pakistani Mohafiz-V Armoured Vehicles
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Air Defense & Missiles
Saudi-Led Coalition Says It Destroyed Five Houthi Missile Tunnels and Four Launchers After Missile Fired at Riyadh
The coalition says it destroyed five Houthi missile tunnels, four launchers and a missile store after intercepting a ballistic missile fired at Riyadh on 26...
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Tanzania Is Spending More on Defence. Its Hardware Hasn’t Changed Much
Russia Offers Mi-17 Helicopters and Rail Equipment to South Africa
Denel’s Pretoria Metal Pressings Faces New Union Showdown Over Pay and Governance
Nigus Hercules and India’s ADSL to Build Nigerian Defence MRO Centre of Excellence
Mali Air Force Aircraft: How Many Helicopters, Fighter Jets and Drones Does Mali Have?
Indian Navy Commandos Airdropped by C-17 Free Hijacked Fishing Vessel Azini Off Somalia
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What Kuwait’s Military Looks Like After the June Drone Attack
Kuwait fields a small force built on US and Italian hardware. After an Iranian drone and missile attack hit Kuwait...
Why Did Morocco Buy the AH-64E Apache?
Morocco had no dedicated attack helicopter until the AH-64E arrived in 2025. This explainer reconstructs the 2019-2020 decision, what the...
African Defence Budgets Ranked: Who Spends Most in 2026?
Nigeria and South Africa lead Sub-Saharan Africa's confirmed defence budgets in 2025-2026, Angola and Kenya follow, and the Sahel's military...
Drones in the Ethiopia War: What Is Confirmed and What Remains Unverified
Satellite imagery, munition fragments and an official handover ceremony show Ethiopia fought with Turkish, Chinese and Iranian drones. Here is...
Russia Deepens Military Footprint in Madagascar’s Junta-Led Government
GRU officers, Africa Corps personnel and Russian weapons have become fixtures in Antananarivo a year after a colonel's coup, an...
Africa’s Most Widely Exported Armoured Vehicles, Ranked by Number of Operating Countries
Six foreign-designed armoured vehicle families dominate African orders since 2007. Ranked by the number of African countries with a documented...
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Saudi-Led Coalition Says It Destroyed Five Houthi Missile Tunnels and Four Launchers After Missile Fired at Riyadh
The coalition says it destroyed five Houthi missile tunnels, four launchers and a missile store after intercepting a ballistic missile fired at Riyadh on 26 October.
Africa’s 10 Largest Warships by Full-Load Displacement
A ranking of the 10 largest warships in African naval service by full-load displacement, from Egypt's 21,300-tonne Mistral-class LHDs to Morocco's 2,335-tonne Sigma frigate, with sourced tonnage and status for...
Which African Countries Operate NORINCO VN-Series Armoured Vehicles?
Gabon, Senegal, Cote d'Ivoire and Kenya's police confirmed as NORINCO VN-series operators
Kenya and Tanzania Are Building Very Different Militaries
Kenya and Tanzania share a border and an Indian Ocean coastline but have built very different armed forces. Kenya has diversified fast around counter-terrorism in Somalia, fielding Turkish drones and...
Houthis Claim Missile Strikes on Riyadh Airport, Khamis Mushait Air Base and Jazan Border Guard Base; Saudi Arabia Has Not Confirmed
The Houthis claim three missile strikes on Riyadh airport, King Khalid Air Base and a Jazan Border Guard base on 25 October. Saudi Arabia has not confirmed them.
Sudan’s Army Fields About 100 Pakistani Mohafiz-V Armoured Vehicles
Sudan's army has deployed roughly 100 Pakistani-made Mohafiz-V armoured vehicles since mid-2026, part of a murky $1.5 billion arms package meant to counter the RSF's pickup-truck-borne forces.
Tanzania is raising its defence budget faster than almost any other country in East Africa,...
Russia has offered to supply South Africa with aviation equipment, including Mi-17 helicopters, alongside railway...
Trade union Solidarity has written to Denel's senior leadership demanding urgent engagement over Pretoria Metal...
Nigeria's Nigus Hercules and India's Airbornics Defence & Space (ADSL) have signed a cooperation agreement...
Mali's air force has been rebuilt since 2017 around Russian helicopters and jets and Turkish...
Defence Mena cover image. Indian Navy marine commandos, parachuted into the sea from an Indian...
A model merchant ship carrying the deployable GÖKDENİZ configuration on ASELSAN's EURONAVAL 2026 stand. Photo:...
Defence Mena cover image. Ethiopia has closed Sudan's consulate in Assosa, declared its staff persona...