Defense & Security

KENYA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE The Kenya Navy ship Jasiri delivered nearly 6 tons of medical supplies to Mozambique, a country that still is recovering after being hit by cyclones Idai and Kenneth.  Speaking during an event in May 2019,…

THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION Researchers are using a monitoring tool that tracks water supplies worldwide and factors in social, economic and demographic data to forecast water-related conflict.  The tool being developed by the…

The Malian military drilled a well to provide drinking water to schoolchildren in a town badly affected by extremism. The project in Menaka, near the border with Niger, is the latest effort by the Malian government to help restore peace to…

Kenyan authorities arrested seven officials with the China Road and Bridge Corp. and accused them of bribing investigators who had been examining railway finances, Kenya’s Daily Nation reported. The Standard Gauge Railway is a $3 billion…

The United States handed over a command-and-control facility and equipment to Niger to support its fight against terrorism. The $16.5 million node will integrate intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and existing Nigerien Armed Forces…

AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Soldiers who were sent to Lesotho in 2017 after the country’s top Army commander was killed withdrew from the area in November 2018. The Southern African Development Community (SADC), a regional bloc, deployed a…