Defense & Security

KENYA DEFENCE FORCES Members of Kenya’s Quick Reaction Force (QRF) and the Brazilian Jungle Warfare Mobile Training Team completed a three-week jungle warfare training course in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). …

ADF STAFF Nigeria opened two new facilities that will be the nerve center of its fight against terrorism.  In a March 2023 ceremony near the end of his presidential term, then-President Muhammadu Buhari inaugurated the new Office of…

Voice of America Somalia’s National Intelligence and Security Agency seized two illicit shipments of military hardware and explosive material that were bound for al-Shabaab. At a news conference in Mogadishu, Somalia’s then- State…

CYRUS OMBATI, THE STAR Kenya has nearly fulfilled one of its commitments to regional and international treaties on arms control as it nears completion of marking official firearms and ammunition.  The National Police Service has…

ADF STAFF Authorities seized 3,000 rifles, hundreds of rounds of ammunition and antitank missiles from a fishing vessel in the Gulf of Oman on January 15, 2023. The Iranian weapons were destined for the Houthi militia in Yemen. Eleven…

ADF STAFF The Tanzania Navy deployed a vessel in the Mozambique Channel to help the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and international partners address an array of sea crimes, including illegal fishing, drug smuggling, oil…