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ADF STAFF In the women’s marathon at the track and field World Championships in July 2022, Ethiopian runner Gotytom Gebreslase took the gold medal with a record time of 2 hours, 18 minutes, 11 seconds.  The next day, Ethiopian Tamirat…

DEFENCEWEB African defense companies say they can fill a gap to supply the United Nations with goods and services to support missions on the continent and beyond. Sandile Ndlovu, CEO of the South African Aerospace, Maritime and…

ARMY UNIVERSITY Two Liberian military leaders were inducted into the U.S. Command and General Staff College (CGSC) International Hall of Fame. Liberian Minister of Defense, retired Maj. Gen. Daniel Dee Ziankahn Jr., and Chief of Staff…

ADF STAFF The U.S. will provide $14 million per year over the next decade to help rebuild areas of Mozambique affected by terrorism. U.S. Under-Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland announced the funding at a Maputo…

UN NEWS A Zimbabwean peacekeeper received one of the United Nations’ top awards in recognition of her work to promote gender equality and protect women in South Sudan. In a May 2022 ceremony, Maj. Winnet Zharare of Zimbabwe was named…

GHANA NAVY The Ghana Navy has launched a paperless system that, it says, will save money, make administrative functions faster and decentralize access to routine orders. It also will let personnel share information person-to-person and…

ADF STAFF The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) is prepared to help Liberia with technical support, engineering and training as it seeks to rebuild its Air Force. Air Marshal Oladayo Amao, Nigerian chief of air staff, made a statement during a…

ADF STAFF The African Union donated a wide variety of equipment to the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) to support its mission to restore security to the Lake Chad Basin.  The equipment included armored personnel carriers,…

REUTERS Michael Tetteh, Ghana’s only professional glass blower, clenched his teeth as he gripped a red-hot ball of molten glass, his burned and blistered hands bare against the steaming stack of wet newspapers he used to protect them.…

REUTERS Inventor Iheb Triki was looking for ways to ease the problem of water scarcity in Tunisia when he hit on the idea of replicating the phenomenon of morning dew. Triki is co-founder of Kumulus, a company hoping to manufacture…