Ukrainian drone teams operate in African Countries
Ukrainian military intelligence has sent drone specialists to Mali, Libya and Sudan to help local forces fight Russian troops and their proxies. The report draws on interviews with Ukrainian soldiers...
View ArticleSomalia Graduates Its Largest Army Class Since 1991
The Somali National Army graduated roughly 3,000 soldiers at the Xananbuure training camp in Galgaduud on 16 August 2026, the largest single cohort trained inside the country since the central...
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Libya and Italy to deepen military ties
On September 10, 2026, Italy’s Chief of Defence Staff, Lieutenant General Luciano Portolano, met his Libyan counterpart, Lieutenant General Salah al-Din al-Namroush, in Tripoli to discuss deeper...
View ArticleAfrica’s Growing Role in the Russia-Ukraine War: Foreign Recruitment Expands
More than four years into the Russia-Ukraine war, the search for military manpower is increasingly international. Foreign nationals have served on both sides since the early stages of the conflict,...
View ArticleUganda establishes a final deadline for Troop withdrawal from Somalia
On Friday, August 28, 2026, a senior Ugandan military official confirmed that all Ugandan forces are scheduled to conclude their deployment in Somalia by August 1, 2027. This declaration provides a...
View ArticleUganda signals continued Military commitment to Somalia
On August 15, 2026, Defence Minister Kiryowa Kiwanuka confidently affirmed that Ugandan forces would remain in Somalia through an independent bilateral security pact, even if the multilateral African...
View ArticleUganda approves troop deployment to join US-Backed Gaza Force
The Ugandan Parliament voted on 6 August 2026 to authorize troop deployments to the Gaza Strip as part of a US-backed multilateral peacekeeping mission. The legislative approval allows the Uganda...
View ArticleFrance and Kenya strengthen defence and trade ties
Kenyan President William Ruto joined the Group of Seven (G7) summit (The 52nd G7 Summit) in Évian-les-Bains, France, from 15 to 17 June 2026, capping eight months of accelerating military and...
View ArticleThe U.S. weighs “Kinetic Action” in Mali, but constraints abounds
On July 22, 2026, the Washington Post reported that the U.S. was considering airstrikes in Mali, with National Security Council Senior Director for Counterterrorism Sebastian Gorka emerging as a vocal...
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Benin received new high-tech military equipment from France
On Tuesday, June 23, 2026, Benin’s 1st Engineer Battalion and its Post-Conflict Demining and Remediation Training Center (CPADD) received a new shipment of French counter-improvised explosive device...
View ArticleFrance and Algeria Move to Repair Relations After Two Years of Diplomatic...
A meeting between French Armed Forces Minister Alice Rufo and Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune marked the most concrete step yet in restoring ties severed by a dispute over Western Sahara and...
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Peace is Negotiable, Access is Not: How Africa’s Mineral Belts Became War...
On February 18, 2026, a ceasefire in the Democratic Republic of Congo was supposed to begin. It did not. M23 had publicly rejected the Angolan-proposed truce days before it was meant to take effect,...
View ArticleAllen-Vanguard secures contracts valued over $3 million in Africa
Allen-Vanguard, a Canadian counter-IED specialist, announced on 11 June 2026, the signing of contracts worth over $3 million to supply electronic countermeasures (ECM) equipment to two African...
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Nigeria and Cameroon sign pact on border and maritime security
Nigeria and Cameroon signed a bilateral defence Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in Yaoundé, Cameroon, on 16 June 2026, committing both countries to joint operations and revival of a maritime task...
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U.S. Forces return to Cameroon, prioritizing ISR
The United States military is finalizing plans to redeploy troops to Maroua, the capital of Cameroon’s Far North Region, ending a roughly 7-year absence and filling a critical surveillance gap left by...
View ArticleNigeria and Jordan sign MoU to enhance military ties and intelligence sharing
Nigeria and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan have formalized their defence collaboration through signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on 10th May 2026, in Amman, Jordan. The agreement was...
View ArticleTurkey and Cameroon signs Military Financial Cooperation Agreement
Türkiye and Cameroon sealed a Military financial cooperation agreement in Ankara, Türkiye, on June 3, 2026, during an official state visit by the Cameroonian delegation, to deepen bilateral defence...
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Nigerian military acquires 15 locally built gunboats from Tantita
A Nigerian private security company handed over 15 semi-ballistic gunboats to the Nigerian military on 14 May 2026, at a commissioning ceremony at the Nigerian Navy shipyard in Port Harcourt, Rivers...
View ArticleNigeria’s Defence Budget Hits Record High, but Inflation Eats the Gains
Nigeria approved a defence budget of ₦3.16 trillion ($2.10 billion) for FY2026 on 31 March 2026 – a nominal record and the latest step in President Bola Tinubu’s aggressive push to rebuild military...
View ArticleTunisia procures military equipment for border security from the United States
Tunisia is accelerating its military modernization with the United States, which has approved and delivered anti-tank missiles, naval vessels, aircraft, and now a $95 million border surveillance...
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