Who Actually Controls Yemen’s Military in 2026?
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Sudan’s Army Says It Downed an FH-95 Drone Near Wad Banda; AKINCI Air-to-Air Kill Claim Unconfirmed
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Nigeria’s Army Chief Tours Rwanda’s REMCO Arms Plant, Urges African-Built Defence Industries
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Sudan Defence Budget: What SIPRI, the Finance Ministry and the Collapsing Pound Actually Show
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Nigeria Says It Killed an ISWAP Shura Council Member as Troops Repelled a Kukawa Base Attack
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Who Actually Controls Yemen’s Military in 2026?
Yemen's war now runs through at least five armed forces with separate chains of command and separate foreign backers. Here is what the government, the...
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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
ASELSAN Unveils Containerised GÖKDENİZ CIWS to Shield Merchant Ships and Tankers From Drones
Ethiopia Reportedly Expels Sudan’s Assosa Consulate Staff as Sudan’s Army Says It Downed Another Drone From Ethiopia
Turkish Flag Burned in Somalia’s Diinsoor as Anger at Ankara’s Role in the South West Crisis Spreads
Uganda’s Army Arrests Ex-Deputy Chief Peter Elwelu in Soroti, Says It Seized 15 Guns
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Morocco’s Attack Helicopters Explained: From Gazelle to Apache
Morocco is rebuilding its attack-helicopter force around the Boeing AH-64E Apache while its Gazelle and Puma fleets are phased out...
Sudan Army Ranks: The SAF Rank Ladder in Arabic and English, with NATO Codes and the RSF Difference
The Sudanese Armed Forces rank ladder in Arabic script, transliteration and English with NATO OF/OR codes, publicly dated command appointments,...
From Cheetah to Gripen: South Africa’s Fighter Transition
South Africa retired its last Atlas Cheetah fighters in April 2008, replacing them with 26 Saab Gripen C/D jets delivered...
Mali army ranks in 2026: the FAMa ladder, gendarmerie and National Guard titles, and who commands
Every rank of the Malian Armed Forces from Soldat to Général d'armée, taken from the 2023 Journal officiel statute, with...
South Africa’s Defence Budget Grows on Paper, But Treasury Leaves the SANDF to Absorb Its Own Wage Bill
South Africa's mid-term budget statement raises the Defence vote to R61.5 billion, but most of the increase is the department's...
Mi-8/17 Helicopter Family Explained
The Mi-8/17 is the most widely used helicopter family in African military service. This explainer traces its eight major variants,...
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Nigerian Air Force Lists 12 Aksungur Drones and Six T129 Helicopters Among Expected Aircraft
The Nigerian Air Force lists 12 TUSAŞ Aksungur drones, six T129 ATAKs and two CH-4Ds as expected aircraft. No contract...
Türkiye’s Somalia Naval Task Group Flies KALKAN VTOL Drone in First Ocean Trials
Türkiye's defence ministry says a KALKAN VTOL drone on the frigate TCG Gelibolu, part of the Somalia Naval Task Group,...
Otokar Cobra II vs Arquus Bastion vs NORINCO VN4: How Three Light Armoured 4x4s Compare for African Forces
Otokar Cobra II, Arquus Bastion and NORINCO VN4 compared: published specs, mine protection claims, documented African operators and what buyers...
Turkish-Made Amazon Armoured Vehicles Spotted in Haftar-Aligned Libyan Parade
About 90 Turkish-made BMC Amazon 4x4 vehicles appeared in a Libyan Arab Armed Forces parade in the east, despite Ankara's...
Turkish Systems in African Armed Forces
Turkish-made drones, attack helicopters, light attack aircraft and armoured vehicles have become the most visible new hardware entering African air...
Drones, Armour and Now a Factory: What Morocco Buys From Türkiye
Turkey has sold Morocco combat drones, armoured vehicles and an electronic-warfare system since 2021, and is now building a drone...
Who Actually Controls Yemen’s Military in 2026?
Yemen's war now runs through at least five armed forces with separate chains of command and separate foreign backers. Here is what the government, the Houthi movement, the Giants Brigades...
Sudan’s Army Says It Downed an FH-95 Drone Near Wad Banda; AKINCI Air-to-Air Kill Claim Unconfirmed
Sudan's army says its air defences downed an FH-95 drone south of Wad Banda, West Kordofan, on 2 November. Clash Report footage credits a Bayraktar AKINCI; the army does not,...
Ghana Hosts Africa’s First Continental Maritime Security Forum
Ghana hosted Africa's first continent-wide maritime security forum in Accra, widening a Danish-backed programme beyond the Gulf of Guinea. Naval chiefs said legal and funding gaps, not equipment shortages, are...
Nigeria’s Army Chief Tours Rwanda’s REMCO Arms Plant, Urges African-Built Defence Industries
Lt. Gen. Waidi Shaibu toured Rwanda's state-owned REMCO plant in Kigali and called for African states to build their own defence industries. No contract was signed, but the visit highlights...
Sudan Defence Budget: What SIPRI, the Finance Ministry and the Collapsing Pound Actually Show
SIPRI last recorded Sudanese military spending in 2021. This page shows the year-by-year series, what officials have said since, and why dollar conversions for the war years are unreliable.
Nigeria Says It Killed an ISWAP Shura Council Member as Troops Repelled a Kukawa Base Attack
Nigeria's military says troops repelled an ISWAP attack in Kukawa, Borno, on 31 October, killing Shura Council member Abu Hajara, commander Abul Walid and two foreign fighters. ISWAP has not...
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...
Turkish Flag Burned in Somalia’s Diinsoor as Anger at Ankara’s Role in the South West Crisis Spreads
A video showing protesters burning a Turkish flag in Diinsoor, in the Bay region of...
Defence Mena cover image. Uganda's army says it has arrested retired Lt. Gen. Peter Elwelu,...
Defence Mena cover image. Egypt says it is ready to take "all necessary measures and...
The EU Council has extended Operation Irini, its naval mission off Libya, to March 2029...