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African Defence Budgets Ranked: Who Spends Most in 2026?
Nigeria and South Africa lead Sub-Saharan Africa's confirmed defence budgets in 2025-2026, Angola and Kenya follow, and the Sahel's military juntas keep raising security spending...
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African Defence Budgets Ranked: Who Spends Most in 2026?
Nigeria and South Africa lead Sub-Saharan Africa's confirmed defence budgets in 2025-2026, Angola and Kenya follow, and the Sahel's military juntas keep raising security spending -- ranked and sourced from...
Turkish Anti-Tank Missiles Explained: ROKETSAN’s KARAOK, OMTAS and UMTAS Family
ROKETSAN's anti-tank missile family explained: KARAOK, OMTAS and UMTAS/L-UMTAS specs, development timeline, and confirmed operators including Malaysia, Kosovo and Nigeria.
Why African Countries Buy Chinese Drones: What the Record Shows
Why African governments bought Chinese Wing Loong and CH-4 armed drones, country by country: the documented requirement, prices, delivery, training, and which reasons are only reported.
Drones in the Ethiopia War: What Is Confirmed and What Remains Unverified
Satellite imagery, munition fragments and an official handover ceremony show Ethiopia fought with Turkish, Chinese and Iranian drones. Here is what is confirmed, what analysts credit them with, what they...
Russia Deepens Military Footprint in Madagascar’s Junta-Led Government
GRU officers, Africa Corps personnel and Russian weapons have become fixtures in Antananarivo a year after a colonel's coup, an RFE/RL investigation shows. The buildup now competes directly with France's...
Africa’s Most Widely Exported Armoured Vehicles, Ranked by Number of Operating Countries
Six foreign-designed armoured vehicle families dominate African orders since 2007. Ranked by the number of African countries with a documented order, delivery or in-service sighting as of October 2026.
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Defence Mena cover image. Nigeria's Defence Headquarters said on 5 November 2026 that it is...
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