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This exercise demonstrates that Africa is serious about peace and that the continent is also serious about investing in peace. We often proclaim that we want African solutions to African problems. Through this exercise, we are…

AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE At Lighthouse Grace Academy in Nairobi’s Kwangware suburb, students are using a new learning tool. It’s the “Kio Kit,” a digital classroom in a suitcase designed by local technology company BRCK. “The Kio Kit is a…

AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE More than 1,000 Nigerians, out of the thousands who fled attacks by Boko Haram jihadists to neighboring countries, returned to their homeland at the end of 2015. Between December 14 and December 16, 1,187…

BBC NEWS AT BBC.CO.UK/NEWS Morocco has launched the Noor 1 Ouarzazate solar thermal plant, the most ambitious project yet from a country determined to be a leader in clean energy. The giant plant will harness the sun’s energy to melt…

Logisticians Rely on Training and Core Principles to Keep Operations Running ADF STAFF The life of the logistician is not a glamorous one. Sometimes called “sustainers” or “loggies” or simply “the guys in the rear with the gear,” their…

A Conversation with Brig. Gen. David Baburam, Former Head of AU Mission Support ADF STAFF Retired Brig. Gen. David Baburam served in the Kenya Defence Forces for 36 years. During his career he was commander of the Ordnance Corps,…

As the African Union Sifts Through Lessons and Challenges, New Logistics Approaches Are Born More than two years after Ebola began its deadly march through Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, killing more than 11,300 people, the World Health…

Story and photos by REUTERS With music equipment laid out on an ironing board, disc jockey Evans Mireku Kissi waves his drumsticks as he plays his tunes to a small audience on an Accra street. The crowd in the Ghanaian capital watches as…

The country sees air power as a crucial force as it charts a path to middle-income status ADF STAFF The year 2016 may be a turning point for the Zambia Air Force. The Air Force will finish taking delivery of six SF-260TW training…

Supplying Complex Peacekeeping Missions Is Complicated by Remoteness and Infrastructure Deficits Any international peacekeeping mission will present a long list of logistical challenges. Mission settings are inevitably established in areas…