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UNITED NATIONS The transition to renewable energy in United Nations peacekeeping missions helps ensure the safety and security of uniformed personnel serving in the field, U.N. officials say. Speaking at the 2023 U.N. Peacekeeping…

The national police commissioner of South Africa hosted the commissioner of the Angola National Police on a seven-day working visit in January 2024. Angola’s police force wanted to share insight and knowledge on how the South African Police…

Defenceweb Uganda has entered a military cooperation agreement with a country that it shares no border with — the Central African Republic. Ugandan Minister of Defence and Veteran Affairs Vincent Ssempijja was reported by the Uganda…

ADF staff As part of what is being called a new generation of peacekeeping missions, the United Nations Security Council has unanimously adopted a resolution to help fund African Union-led peace support operations. U.N.…

ADF STAFF More than 4,000 years ago, the pharaohs of Egypt established a trading partnership with the prosperous Land of Punt. The Egyptians kept the location of the kingdom a secret. They would travel vast distances on land and sea to…

CLUES The Roman Emperor Trajan established this ancient city as a military colony in A.D. 100. It is laid out with precision, illustrating the skill of Roman urban planning. Buildings and homes were built entirely of stone, and…

ADF STAFF No one knows the dangerous, porous borderlands of Kenya and Somalia like its residents, and in the face of increasing terrorist attacks and recruitment, members of the community are coming together to protect themselves. A new…

ADF STAFF Authorities in the Central African Republic revoked a Chinese mining company’s license in the southern town of Mingala in June over concerns it was cooperating with armed militias. The CAR’s mining ministry accused Daqing…

ADF STAFF The Tunisian Armed Forces are upgrading their primary training area at Ben Ghilouf with support from the United States. The upgrade is in its third phase, according to a report from Military Africa. It involves the…

ADF STAFF Four years after fighting ended in the southern suburbs of Tripoli, land mines and booby-trapped explosives continue to maim and kill civilians. Over the past five years, more than 400 people have been killed or injured by…