Defence oversight committee in favour of KZN soldier deployment | Uganda commissions military repair facility | Morocco receives more AH-64s
02 November 2026
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The latest mobilisation of soldiers - in KwaZulu-Natal - has the support of Parl...
Uganda’s President and Commander-in-Chief Yoweri Museveni has commissioned a m...
The Royal Moroccan Air Force has taken delivery of another six Boeing AH-64E Apa...
Louisiana, United States-based boatbuilder Metal Shark has been awarded a US Coast Guard Foreign Military Sales (FMS) contract to produce a patrol boa...
Turkiye's Havelsan and the Defence Industries Corporation of Nigeria (DICON) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) covering potential cooper...
The violence that has unfolded in KwaZulu-Natal, and the threats that have accompanied it in parts of Gauteng, are not spontaneous outbursts. They are...
Senegal’s top military officer told delegates at the inaugural African International Defence Exhibition (Afridex) in Lagos that defence partnerships...
The ongoing South African border safeguarding operation is not confined to the immediate surrounds of the country’s four thousand eight hundred plus...
On 16 October, Parliament’s defence committee asked for an urgent meeting between South Africa's finance minister, Enoch Godongwana, and defence min...
The second South African Military Heritage Symposium, held at the Castle of Good Hope in Cape Town on 27 and 28 October 2026, brought together militar...
Among Africa’s smallest militaries, Liberia’s armed forces continue rebuilding despite limited resources, chronic underfunding, and dependence on international partners.
Facing growing insurgent threats, Togo’s military is modernising cautiously while balancing limited resources, ageing equipment, and evolving defence partnerships.
Benin’s small armed forces are adapting to rising Islamist and maritime threats amid limited resources and gradual military modernisation efforts.
