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Tuesday, May 10, 2016 - 06:45
The Nigerian Navy has received nine inshore patrol boats from Sri Lanka in a contract worth $4.2 million. According to the Sri Lankan Navy, six Arrow class boats and three unspecified inshore patrol craft (possibly Wave Rider class boats) were handed over in what the Navy said was its first international defence sale.
Tuesday, May 10, 2016 - 06:37
In late March Uganda received equipment from the U.S. as part of an ongoing mission to build international peacekeeping capacity and promote regional security operations in nearby Somalia. The equipment allows Uganda to perform the mission without deploying U.S. troops and strengthens the partnership between the two countries.
Friday, May 6, 2016 - 07:20
UK based company Kelvin Hughes has installed and commissioned a SharpEye radar system onto the South African Navy’s fleet replenishment ship SAS Drakensberg.
Wednesday, May 4, 2016 - 06:57
Pirate gangs in West Africa are switching to kidnapping sailors and demanding ransom rather than stealing oil cargoes as low oil prices have made crude harder to sell and less profitable, shipping officials said on Tuesday.
Wednesday, May 4, 2016 - 06:50
The United States government has approved a possible sale of 24 OH-58D Kiowa Warrior helicopters, weapons and equipment to Tunisia in a deal worth $100 million.
Wednesday, May 4, 2016 - 06:48
The continent is at the center of a three-pronged quest for worldwide Jihad.
Tuesday, May 3, 2016 - 07:16
South African Defence and Military Veterans Minister, Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, spent this week in Russia attending an international security conference and meeting with her Russian Federation counterpart.
Wednesday, April 13, 2016 - 07:20
The U.S. Military Sealift Command’s expeditionary fast transport vessel USNS Spearhead (T-EPF 1) and its embarked detachment of U.S. Navy Sailors, civil service mariners and U.S. Marines arrived in Libreville, Gabon in support of Africa Partnership Station, on 11 April.
Monday, April 11, 2016 - 06:24
Egypt and Algeria have ordered President-S countermeasures suites from Russia’s KRET Enterprise, with Egypt expected to take delivery in the coming weeks.
Monday, April 11, 2016 - 06:23
Italian shipyard Intermarine has launched a new mine countermeasures vessel (MCMV) for the Algerian Navy. The coastal mine hunter was launched on 5 April.