Yemeni Forces Claim Capture of Dhubab Near Bab al-Mandeb — What Reports Say
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Russia Offers Bizon Counter-Drone System to Egypt After Damietta — What Is Confirmed
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Ethiopia Rejects Pressure Over Nile and Red Sea After El Alamein Declaration
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Egypt, Sudan, Eritrea, Somalia El Alamein Summit: Joint Declaration, Not a Defence Pact
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Sudan AKINCI vs CH-95: What Is Confirmed on the Latest Shoot-Down Claims
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Why Did Morocco Buy the AH-64E Apache?
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Yemeni Forces Claim Capture of Dhubab Near Bab al-Mandeb — What Reports Say
Update, 12 October 2026: Strait and Mocha claims still contested Five days after the 9 October announcement that Bab al-Mandab and Perim (Mayun) Island had...
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Yemeni Forces Claim Capture of Dhubab Near Bab al-Mandeb — What Reports Say
Update, 12 October 2026: Strait and Mocha claims still contested Five days after the 9 October announcement that Bab al-Mandab and Perim (Mayun) Island had been cleared, independent reporting still...
Russia Offers Bizon Counter-Drone System to Egypt After Damietta — What Is Confirmed
Russia has offered Egypt its “Bizon” counter-drone system, according to reporting that cites Rostec commentary and places the pitch after Cairo’s confirmation of a drone strike on Damietta Port. As...
Ethiopia Rejects Pressure Over Nile and Red Sea After El Alamein Declaration
Ethiopia’s Foreign Ministry on 5 October 2026 reasserted what it called legitimate interests in the Red Sea and a central role in the Nile basin, rejecting “coercive measures” after Egypt,...
Egypt, Sudan, Eritrea, Somalia El Alamein Summit: Joint Declaration, Not a Defence Pact
Egypt, Sudan, Eritrea and Somalia held a quadrilateral consultative summit in New Alamein on 4 October 2026 and issued the El Alamein Joint Declaration. Viral posts have framed the meeting...
Sudan AKINCI vs CH-95: What Is Confirmed on the Latest Shoot-Down Claims
On 5 October 2026, Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) statements and open-source reporting again described the downing of a Chinese-designed FH-95/CH-95-class drone. Some social and secondary outlets said a Turkish-built Bayraktar...
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 FMS package contains, what it cost and why only Egypt...
Beyond the 45 utility vehicles Ghana's army took delivery of last month, new details show...
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,...
Libya has had no single army since 2014. Two rival administrations each claim to run...
The largest armies in Africa are led by Ethiopia and Egypt, with Morocco, Eritrea and...
Defence Mena cover image. Nigeria's Defence Headquarters said on 5 November 2026 that it is...
African military ranks look alike on shoulder boards and mean different things in practice: a...