Defence Web (South Africa)
Tuesday, March 11, 2014 - 12:46
The CH-4, developed by the China Academy of Aerospace Aerodynamics (CAAA), has been undergoing testing with the Algerian military for some months, according to Air Forces Daily.
Tuesday, March 11, 2014 - 12:44
U.N. experts say Libya has become a primary source of illicit weapons, including shoulder-fired missiles, which have been trafficked to at least 14 countries and are fueling conflicts on several continents.
Monday, March 10, 2014 - 07:19
Armed protesters in eastern Libya traded threats with the government on Sunday in a tense stand-off over the unauthorized sale of oil from a rebel-held port.
Friday, March 7, 2014 - 07:19
But the protesters had brought it upon themselves as armed men within their ranks had shot first at the security forces and also used civilians as human shields, it said.
Tuesday, March 4, 2014 - 09:12
An Egyptian court on Tuesday banned all activities of Hamas in Egypt in a further sign that Cairo's military-backed government aims to squeeze the Palestinian Islamist group that rules neighboring Gaza, regarding it as a security threat.
Tuesday, March 4, 2014 - 08:55
Algeria has ordered 42 Mi-28N Night Hunter attack helicopters and six Mi-26T2 cargo helicopters in a nearly $3 billion deal, according to Russian media.
Tuesday, March 4, 2014 - 08:54
The secular opposition accused the Ennahda Islamist party of placing party officials in senior state jobs just before it quit power, and had asked that the appointments be reviewed.
Tuesday, March 4, 2014 - 08:54
An Egyptian court sentenced two policemen to 10 years in prison on Monday for killing an activist in 2010, a Reuters witness said, in a high profile case seen as the spark that led to the uprising that toppled autocrat Hosni Mubarak.
Wednesday, February 26, 2014 - 08:59
The Namibian government says it will spend billions on the construction and upgrading of five new military bases over the next four years under a greatly expanded defence budget.
Tuesday, February 18, 2014 - 11:39
Security guards forced Benghazi airport in eastern Libya to close on Tuesday, airport officials said, demanding months of unpaid wages as well as an investigation into a helicopter crash in the region last week.