African militaries are increasingly using artificial intelligence (AI) for surveillance, situational awareness, intelligence gathering and…
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It was not easy for Nigerian Maj. Gen. Godwin Mutkut to take a week away…
Graphic videos of a massacre in villages surrounding the western Burkina Faso town of Solenzo…
Across the northern reaches of Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana and Togo, there is relative peace compared…
Sudan’s 2-year-old war began as a fight for supremacy between the leaders of the national…
Burkina Faso’s ruling military junta in mid-March announced it was recruiting 14,000 soldiers to fight…
Chinese companies are involved in one-third of Africa’s 231 commercial ports, a significantly larger presence…
ADF STAFF Somalia’s al-Shabaab and Yemen’s Ansar Allah rebels have struck an alliance that threatens…
Djibouti’s position at the southern end of the Red Sea’s Bab al-Mandeb Strait has made…
Dr. Mokgweetsi E. K. Masisi, president of Botswana, spoke at the opening ceremony of the…
Botswana Defence Force Commander Lt. Gen. Placid Segokgo was eager to host the 2024 African…
ADF STAFF Senegal in June 2024 joined the ranks of oil-producing nations in Africa, with…
Djibouti became the first nation in East Africa, and the second on the continent, to…
A Somali National Army Soldier gently brushes away dirt during a course on how to…
DEFENCEWEB The Nigerian Air Force was expected to take delivery of its first M-346 combat…
DEFENCEWEB South Africa’s Milkor company is partnering with Germany’s Aerodata AG to develop a new…