Nigeria Ready to Jump-Start Homegrown Military Manufacturing
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Nigeria’s National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) is pushing to produce military weapons, vehicles and equipment that are “Made in Nigeria” to support the fight against extremist groups, bandits and…
Egyptian Company Touts New C5ISR System as Safe, Interoperable
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An Egyptian company has unveiled a domestically made command, control, communication, computers, cyber, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (C5ISR) system. The system works with defense systems from around the world,…
ECOWAS Takes Joint Approach to Cybersecurity
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As internet use grows in West Africa, leaders are calling for better regional cooperation on cybersecurity. A joint approach can protect citizens, businesses, government institutions and critical infrastructure from online…
Maritime Fusion Centre Targets Sea Crimes
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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…
Tanzania Deploys Warship to Patrol Mozambique Channel
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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…
Women’s Unit Breaks New Ground in Mali
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The Egyptian Formed Police Unit, deployed in Douentza, Mali, as part of the U.N. mission (MINUSMA) in 2017, set up three teams to tackle the threat of improvised explosive devices (IED). One of them was composed…
DRC Mission Uses Portable Surgical Unit
U.N. PEACEKEEPING
To fulfill their mandate of protecting civilians, peacekeepers serving with the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) often face danger in remote areas, with…
Studies: U.N. Missions Prove to be Successful
Failures of United Nations peacekeeping missions have been highly publicized, but recent studies show reason for optimism.
The evidence, collected in 16 peer-reviewed studies, shows that peacekeepers significantly reduce civilian…
Guinea, Indonesia Explore Aviation Cooperation
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Indonesian Transport Minister Budi Karya Sumadi and his Guinean counterpart Felix Lamah have signed a letter of intent, the first step in the two countries’ commitment to explore cooperation in the aviation sector. It is an…
Cabo Verde Welcomes African Maritime Forces Summit
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African maritime leaders joined their international counterparts in Sal Island, Cabo Verde, for the first African Maritime Forces Summit.
The three-day summit in March 2023 was co-hosted by the Commander of U.S. Naval Forces…