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Africa’s Arms Spending Hit $58bn. Who Controls What the Weapons Can Actually Do?
African governments spent a record $58.2 billion on defence in 2025, according to SIPRI. But owning a jet, a drone or a howitzer is not...
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Africa’s Arms Spending Hit $58bn. Who Controls What the Weapons Can Actually Do?
African governments spent a record $58.2 billion on defence in 2025, according to SIPRI. But owning a jet, a drone or a howitzer is not the same as controlling it:...
Why Did Kenya Buy the SPYDER Air-Defence System?
Kenya is buying one reinforced SPYDER-MR battery from Rafael with Israeli government loans of Sh1bn, Sh3.4bn and a planned Sh6.1bn, its first guided surface-to-air missile system, against a drone threat...
Boko Haram and ISWAP Are Using AI Chatbots to Plan Attacks, Cambridge Study Finds
A Cambridge University study based on interviews with 27 former Boko Haram and ISWAP members finds the groups have built AI chatbots into attack planning and bomb-making guidance, as Nigeria...
Mozambique’s Army Is Losing Ground in Cabo Delgado as Foreign Partners Multiply
An ISS Africa analysis finds Mozambique's FADM losing ground to insurgents in Cabo Delgado since SADC's SAMIM mission withdrew, even as Rwanda, the EU, the US, India, Turkey and Algeria...
Morocco Deploys AI-Powered Cyber Defence Platform as US Military Ties Deepen
Morocco's Royal Armed Forces have adopted a US-built, AI-assisted cyber command platform as Rabat deepens military-technology cooperation with Washington, from a new multidomain training hub at Tan-Tan to pilot training...
From F-5 Tiger II to F-16 Block 72: Morocco’s Fighter Transition
Morocco is replacing its F-5E/F Tiger II fighters with 25 new-build F-16 Block 72 Vipers, ordered in 2019 and still undelivered. This is a sourced old-vs-new comparison of the capability...
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