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Security

Nigér withdraws from MNJTF counter-terror coalition

by Ekene LionelMarch 31, 2025

Unmanned systems

Nigeria’s Briech UAS unveils Damisa combat drone

by Ekene LionelApril 4, 2025

The Royal Navy operates 28 Wildcats for anti-submarine and anti-surface warfare missions. (Source: Crown Copyright)

Aerospace

Algeria awaits three brand new Wildcat helicopters from Leonardo

by Darek LiamApril 4, 2025

Embraer and Denel - KC-390 Millennium Cooperation

Aerospace

Embraer, Denel sign MoU on KC-390 Millennium collaboration

by Sarah LesediApril 4, 2025

Unmanned systems

Algeria shoot down Mali’s newly acquired Akinci Drone

by Military AfricaApril 1, 2025

Aerospace

BIRD Aerosystems secures additional African contract for helicopter Missile Protection System

by Military AfricaMarch 31, 2025

Training and Simulation

Ghana Army commissions special ops training school

by Ekene LionelMarch 31, 2025

Security

Nigér withdraws from MNJTF counter-terror coalition

by Ekene LionelMarch 31, 2025

Unmanned systems

Nigeria’s Briech UAS unveils Damisa combat drone

by Ekene LionelApril 4, 2025

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Sentrycs C-UAS deployed by African nation

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Havelsan’s MATRA Digital Maritime Solutions

March 28, 2025 - Updated on March 31, 2025

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Havelsan partners with Egypt’s Kader on unmanned ground vehicle project

March 28, 2025 - Updated on March 29, 2025

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ASELSAN to strengthen Latin American presence at LAAD 2025

March 28, 2025

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ASISGUARD introduces new high-performance gimbals

March 17, 2025

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RAFF Military Textile: Over 80 years of support to 45 African Countries

March 10, 2025 - Updated on March 11, 2025

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Sentrycs C-UAS deployed by African nation

March 28, 2025

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Havelsan’s MATRA Digital Maritime Solutions

March 28, 2025 - Updated on March 31, 2025

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Havelsan partners with Egypt’s Kader on unmanned ground vehicle project

March 28, 2025 - Updated on March 29, 2025

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ASELSAN to strengthen Latin American presence at LAAD 2025

March 28, 2025

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ASISGUARD introduces new high-performance gimbals

March 17, 2025

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RAFF Military Textile: Over 80 years of support to 45 African Countries

March 10, 2025 - Updated on March 11, 2025

Press Release

Sentrycs C-UAS deployed by African nation

March 28, 2025

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Havelsan’s MATRA Digital Maritime Solutions

March 28, 2025 - Updated on March 31, 2025

Press Release

Havelsan partners with Egypt’s Kader on unmanned ground vehicle project

March 28, 2025 - Updated on March 29, 2025

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ASELSAN to strengthen Latin American presence at LAAD 2025

March 28, 2025

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ASISGUARD introduces new high-performance gimbals

March 17, 2025

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RAFF Military Textile: Over 80 years of support to 45 African Countries

March 10, 2025 - Updated on March 11, 2025

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Aerospace

Bell Helicopter’s leadership explains plans and prospects for Africa

by Military AfricaSeptember 29, 2024 - Updated on November 21, 2024

Defence Industry

EXCLUSIVE: Inside Ukraine’s Frontline drones Production and Potential Post-war Application

by Military AfricaMarch 25, 2025

FEATURED

Steady rise in the adoption of Simulated Battlefield technologies in Africa

by Military AfricaMarch 23, 2025

FEATURED

Africa’s insurgents and terrorists are adopting drones

by Military AfricaFebruary 22, 2025 - Updated on February 23, 2025

FEATURED

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FEATURED

(Special Report) Controversy surrounding the CH-95 drones in Sudan

by Military AfricaDecember 5, 2024 - Updated on February 15, 2025

FEATURED

Enhancing Operational Readiness: RusselSmith Nigeria offers Additive Manufacturing Solutions to African Militaries

by Ekene LionelNovember 15, 2024 - Updated on January 19, 2025

Aerospace

Algerian MiG-25 flies again, but for a short while

by Military AfricaNovember 2, 2024 - Updated on December 16, 2024

FEATURED

Why Sudan Army’s Tanks Are Struggling Against the Rapid Support Forces

by Military AfricaOctober 31, 2024

Aerospace

Bell Helicopter’s leadership explains plans and prospects for Africa

by Military AfricaSeptember 29, 2024 - Updated on November 21, 2024

Defence Industry

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by Military AfricaMarch 25, 2025

Land →

Guinea Junta acquires armoured vehicles from Streit Group, paid with mineral resources

January 22, 2025

Ivory Coast shares a 550-kilometre (340-mile) border with Burkina Faso, where violence between armed groups has killed nearly 1,000 lives and forced 860,000 people from their homes over the past five years [Issouf Sanogo/AFP]

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January 20, 2025

Recently received armoured vehicles from Russia to the Malian military. (Images via X).

Russia continues arming Mali, supplies heavy armored vehicles

January 18, 2025

Defence Industry →

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Embraer, Denel sign MoU on KC-390 Millennium collaboration

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EXCLUSIVE: Inside Ukraine’s Frontline drones Production and Potential Post-war Application

Milkor demonstrates SuperSix grenade launcher to Colombian Army

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Technology →

BIRD Aerosystems secures additional African contract for helicopter Missile Protection System

Steady rise in the adoption of Simulated Battlefield technologies in Africa

ECOWAS considers integrating AI to improve regional security

Egypt strengthens air defense with U.S.-approved AN/TPS-78 radar acquisition

Ivory Coast to acquire Thales Ground Master radars in €50 Million deal

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Namibian air defence displays FN-6A MANPADS

Russia’s “Artic Tor,” is also suitable for African terrains

Houthi missile lands in Egypt

German Rheinmetall seeks to sell Skyguard Air Defence System to Nigeria

Morocco acquires ATMOS 2000 Artillery from Israeli Elbit

Denel upgrades the Umkhonto Surface-to-Air Missile for enhanced capabilities

Security & Stability

Chief of the Defence Forces (CDF), General Charles Kahariri, hosted a delegation led by Lieutenant General Luca Goretti, Commander of the Italian Air Force.

Security

Kenya and Italy strengthens defence relations

March 13, 2025

Security

EU Donates $52 million security package to Ghana

February 28, 2025

Members of the Uganda Peoples' Defence Forces (UPDF) position themselves on the Ugandan side of the border town in Bunagana, Democratic Republic of Congo, while awaiting deployment on March 30, 2023. - Democratic Republic of Congo rebels continued to occupy strategic positions in the east of the country late Thursday, the day M23 militants were supposed to withdraw under a regional peace initiative.
Among these key sites is the town of Bunagana, on the Ugandan border, where a Ugandan contingent of the Community of East African States (EAC) regional force again delayed their deployment to ensure rebels' withdrawal. (Photo by GLODY MURHABAZI/AFP via Getty Images)

Security

Ugandan troops enter DRC to combat militias

February 25, 2025

Canadian soldiers during an exercise in 2016.

Security

Canadian Troops redeployed from Eastern Congo as M23 rebels advance

February 23, 2025

Security

Nigér withdraws from MNJTF counter-terror coalition

March 31, 2025

Security

Mozambican military receives additional EU-funded equipment

March 28, 2025

Security

Nigeria sends peacekeepers to South Sudan

March 28, 2025

Security

Nigerian Army fields Lithuanian C-UAV against insurgents’ drones

March 18, 2025

Security

Burkina Faso creates new anti-jihadist battalions

March 17, 2025

Security

Uganda deploys Special Forces to secure Juba

March 14, 2025

Security

Kenya and Italy strengthens defence relations

March 13, 2025

Security

EU Donates $52 million security package to Ghana

February 28, 2025

Security

Ugandan troops enter DRC to combat militias

February 25, 2025

Security

Canadian Troops redeployed from Eastern Congo as M23 rebels advance

February 23, 2025

Security

Nigér withdraws from MNJTF counter-terror coalition

March 31, 2025

Security

Mozambican military receives additional EU-funded equipment

March 28, 2025

Security

Nigeria sends peacekeepers to South Sudan

March 28, 2025

Security

Nigerian Army fields Lithuanian C-UAV against insurgents’ drones

March 18, 2025

Drones and Counter-UAVS

Infantry Weapons →

Ukrainian soldiers are using RAROG polymer machine gun belts on the frontline

Milkor demonstrates SuperSix grenade launcher to Colombian Army

Ethiopia commissions ammunition factory to ease supply chain

DICON and Gray Insignia to supply firearms to the Nigerian Army

Senegalese Army fields KNT-76 Automatic Precision Rifle

Nigeria and China enhances military partnership

Training & Simulation →

Ghana Army commissions special ops training school

Steady rise in the adoption of Simulated Battlefield technologies in Africa

Exercise Cutlass Express 2025 concludes

Exercise Justified Accord 2025 enhances air-to-ground integration operations

Nigeria acquiring military simulators

US provides armoured vehicle and training to Ivorian forces

Intelligence

US Intelligence officials in South Africa to discuss Mozambique

by Military AfricaDecember 17, 2024 - Updated on December 18, 2024

Intelligence

Ghana confronts growing terror threats

by Military AfricaFebruary 14, 2025

Intelligence

The Fall of Goma: All You Need to Know

by Military AfricaFebruary 6, 2025 - Updated on February 13, 2025

Intelligence

Kagame heads to Turkey ahead of possible war with DRC

by Military AfricaJanuary 26, 2025 - Updated on January 31, 2025

Intelligence

Ivory Coast announces withdrawal of French Troops

by Military AfricaJanuary 4, 2025 - Updated on January 6, 2025

Intelligence

US Intelligence officials in South Africa to discuss Mozambique

by Military AfricaDecember 17, 2024 - Updated on December 18, 2024

Intelligence

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