Ethiopia’s Army Takes Mekelle as Air Strikes Spread Across Tigray: What Is Confirmed
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Mali’s Army Re-enters Kidal After FLA Withdrawal: What Is Confirmed
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Is Qatar’s Three-Fighter Air Force a Strength or a Liability?
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How Nigeria Built Its Turkish-Chinese Drone Fleet
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Ethiopia’s Army Takes Mekelle as Air Strikes Spread Across Tigray: What Is Confirmed
Federal and allied forces took Tigray's capital Mekelle on 3 October 2026 after the TPLF withdrew. Air strikes and artillery fire have since hit towns...
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Ethiopia’s Army Takes Mekelle as Air Strikes Spread Across Tigray: What Is Confirmed
Federal and allied forces took Tigray's capital Mekelle on 3 October 2026 after the TPLF withdrew. Air strikes and artillery fire have since hit towns to the north and west....
Mali’s Army Re-enters Kidal After FLA Withdrawal: What Is Confirmed
Malian troops backed by Russia's Africa Corps re-entered Kidal on 6 October 2026, five months after losing it to the FLA and JNIM. Bamako cites air-ground operations; the FLA says...
Morocco’s First F-16 Block 72 Completes Maiden Test Flight in the US
Morocco's first new-build F-16 Block 72 fighter has flown for the first time in the United States, Lockheed Martin confirmed, moving a long-delayed $3.8 billion program closer to delivery. The...
Tracking Ghana’s Airbus Helicopter and Dassault Falcon Fleet Deal
Ghana's parliament approved a €125.97m Airbus Helicopters deal and a $60.68m Dassault Falcon 6X contract in December 2025. This tracker follows the timeline, delivered-vs-pending status and disclosed financing terms.
Is Qatar’s Three-Fighter Air Force a Strength or a Liability?
Qatar flies F-15QA, Rafale and Typhoon fighters from three separate supplier blocs, backed by Patriot, NASAMS, Leopard 2 and Apache fleets bought almost entirely through foreign military sales. The spread...
How Nigeria Built Its Turkish-Chinese Drone Fleet
Nigeria operates one of Africa's most mixed drone fleets: 43 Turkish Bayraktar TB2s on order, Chinese Wing Loong II and CH-3A/CH-4B strike drones already flying against Boko Haram, UAE tactical...
Morocco's aerospace sector has grown from five companies in 2000 to roughly 160 today, and...
Only two African states have a ballistic missile capability that is both documented by independent...
Mine-resistant ambush-protected (MRAP) vehicles have become a backbone of counter-insurgency and peace-support operations across Africa,...
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Defence Mena cover image. Nigeria's Defence Headquarters said on 5 November 2026 that it is...
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