Uganda Starts Pulling Troops Out of Somalia: Bilateral Force First, All Out by End-2027
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Drones Knock Out Power Stations in Northern Sudan as Cabinet Orders ‘Maximum Alert’
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South African Police and Soldiers Seize R5.7 Million in Vehicles and Contraband in Limpopo Border Blitz
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Algerian Troops Enter Niger as First Convoys Reach Arlit and Escort Fuel Tankers to Agadez
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Russian Training Ship Perekop Calls at Walvis Bay as Namibian Cadets Join Four-Ocean Voyage
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Uganda Starts Pulling Troops Out of Somalia: Bilateral Force First, All Out by End-2027
The UPDF says its first withdrawn troops are back in Uganda, the bilateral force will leave Somalia within days, and the roughly 4,500-strong AUSSOM contingent...
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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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6 Alternatives to the Bayraktar TB2 for Africa
Six medium-altitude drones African air forces are buying, flying or weighing instead of Turkey's Bayraktar TB2, compared by verified specification,...
Loitering Munitions for African Armies: What Is Actually in Service?
Kamin-25, Safaroog, ZALA Lancet, Garpiya-A1 and UNIKAM compared on range, warhead, guidance and confirmed African use, from Sudan to Mali...
Nigeria’s $2 Billion Bet on Local Defence Production: What DICON Has Actually Delivered
Nigeria has signed a $2 billion DICON-SP Offshore joint venture, launched an AI-drone partnership with UNICCON and opened a new...
Evolution of Military Drones in Africa
From a handful of South African reconnaissance aircraft in the late 1990s to Chinese strike drones over Boko Haram territory,...
Algeria’s Su-57 Fleet Explained: What’s Confirmed and What Isn’t
Algeria is widely reported as the first export customer for Russia's Su-57E stealth fighter, with two jets said to have...
Egypt’s 10 Biggest Defence Deals, 2011-2026
Egypt has signed more individually-priced defence contracts since 2011 than any other African state. This list ranks its ten biggest...
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Military Drones in the Sahel: Who Operates What, and Who Is Actually Supplying Them
Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso and Chad all fly Turkish combat drones bought since 2021-22. In 2026, Human Rights Watch and...
Kenya Is Rearming Fast, But Its Air Force Still Flies 1970s Jets
Kenya has added an Israeli SPYDER air-defence battery, Turkish Bayraktar TB2 drones and American M1117 vehicles since 2024, backed by...
Which African Countries Operate the T129 ATAK Attack Helicopter?
Nigeria and Somalia are the only confirmed African operators of the TAI T129 ATAK attack helicopter. This operator database tracks...
Why Did Chad Buy the Anka and Aksungur Drones?
Chad was the first African air force to fly the TUSAŞ Aksungur and never bought a Bayraktar TB2. This explainer...
Nigeria’s T129 ATAK Fleet: What’s Actually Delivered, and Where It’s Deployed
Nigeria was the first African air force to field the Turkish-built T129 ATAK, but only four of the six it...
Which Border Surveillance Systems Have African Armies Bought for Land Borders?
Five kinds of border surveillance equipment have documented African users, from US-funded Egyptian and Tunisian networks to portable radars, Turkish...
Uganda Starts Pulling Troops Out of Somalia: Bilateral Force First, All Out by End-2027
The UPDF says its first withdrawn troops are back in Uganda, the bilateral force will leave Somalia within days, and the roughly 4,500-strong AUSSOM contingent will follow by the end...
HAVELSAN–DICON MoU: What Nigeria’s ‘$2.5 Billion’ Defence Software Deal Means
DICON values its AFRIDEX memorandum with HAVELSAN at about $2.5 billion; HAVELSAN gives no figure. What the framework deal says about Nigeria's localisation drive and Türkiye's role.
Drones Knock Out Power Stations in Northern Sudan as Cabinet Orders ‘Maximum Alert’
Drones hit the Abu Hamad and Al-Dabbah power stations on 1 November, extending a week-long campaign blamed on the RSF. Sudan's cabinet ordered a maximum alert, and a new report...
South African Police and Soldiers Seize R5.7 Million in Vehicles and Contraband in Limpopo Border Blitz
A five-week SAPS-SANDF operation along South Africa's Zimbabwe border recovered ten stolen vehicles worth R3.9 million and seized R1.8 million in contraband cigarettes and medication, highlighting how much of the...
Algerian Troops Enter Niger as First Convoys Reach Arlit and Escort Fuel Tankers to Agadez
Algerian army units have entered Niger in Algeria's first foreign deployment since 1973. A convoy reached Arlit and soldiers escorted about sixty fuel tankers to Agadez. Force size, bases and...
Russian Training Ship Perekop Calls at Walvis Bay as Namibian Cadets Join Four-Ocean Voyage
The Baltic Fleet training ship Perekop docked at Walvis Bay in October, taking on Namibian naval cadets for the next leg of a four-ocean voyage that has already touched Mozambique,...
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...