Defense & Security

DEFENCEWEB The Tanzania People’s Defence Force (TPDF) is turning heads with the use of the Israeli Gilboa DBR Snake double-barreled assault rifle. The TPDF is the first military known to use such a weapon, according to a report by Janes,…

ADF STAFF When the extremist group Ansar al-Sunna began spreading terror in the Cabo Delgado province of northern Mozambique in 2017, its fighters brandished machetes. Today, the insurgents carry assault rifles and rocket-propelled…

ADF STAFF The Ghana Navy added four new offshore security vessels to its fleet as it seeks to protect the people and industries operating in its exclusive economic zone. Chief of Naval Staff Rear Adm. Issah Adam Yakubu received the…

ADF STAFF Kenya is building a counter-improvised explosive device (C-IED) center in Embakasi to fight extremist threats in the region.  The new facility at the Humanitarian Peace Support School is funded by Germany and the United…

ADF STAFF During three days in February 2022, herders from southwestern Niger brought cattle and other livestock to receive badly needed veterinary care at a free event. During the event in Gaya, veterinarians treated more than 13,000…

ADF STAFF | Photos by U.S. AFRICA COMMAND Niger’s military has launched a program to improve the lives of citizens living in the Agadez region surrounding Nigerien Air Base 201, a United States drone air base. The newly created Action…