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Wednesday, August 12, 2015 - 06:10
Southern Accord 2015 brings together the U.S. Army, Zambian Defense Force, Southern African Development Community and other partner nation participants for two weeks of command post and field training exercises.
Wednesday, August 12, 2015 - 06:08
Maj. Gen. Ibrahim Sani, chief of transformation and innovation for the Nigerian Army, said his country is countering the threat of Boko Haram and other asymmetric threats by “thinking outside the box.”
Tuesday, August 11, 2015 - 06:34
The Nigerian military has received another batch of Beryl M762 assault rifles from Poland, after ordering 1 000 last year.
Friday, August 7, 2015 - 07:13
Egypt’s newly delivered F-16s and Rafale fighter jets and its FREMM frigate took part in the opening of the new Suez Canal yesterday in a ceremony attended by President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and other heads of state.
Wednesday, August 5, 2015 - 05:50
Indian vehicle manufacturer Tata Motors has supplied 585 military vehicles to African countries for use in the United Nation’s Minusma mission in Mali.
Tuesday, August 4, 2015 - 05:49
A prominent Burundi human rights activist who openly opposed President Pierre Nkurunziza's controversial bid for a third term in office was shot and seriously injured on Monday, a family member and witnesses said.
Thursday, July 30, 2015 - 06:39
The United States Army will in the next few days issue a solicitation for between 19 and 400 new armoured personnel carriers for the US military’s Africa Command.
Wednesday, July 29, 2015 - 06:05
At the beginning of 2015, an estimated 31,000 fighters in the self-proclaimed Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, or ISIS, had tightened their grip over a vast swath of land. Thousands of those fighters were African.
Wednesday, July 29, 2015 - 06:03
Zambian president Edgar Lungu on 26 July launched a new marine special forces unit to improve maritime security particularly regarding border control and illegal fishing.
Wednesday, July 29, 2015 - 06:01
The nine year period from 2005 to 2014 saw peacekeepers, including those from South Africa, in Sudan and South Sudan attacked more than 100 times and suffer the loss of hundreds of weapons and ammunition.