US Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Frank Garcia’s first official trip to Nigeria, Côte d’Ivoire and Mali is coming as the security balance across…
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The United States Africa Command (Africom) is sharpening its case for an intelligence-led, technology-enabled security model in Africa, with Nigeria emerging as a key proof point…
BabaSky Technologies, part of Nigeria’s UNICCON group of companies, has demonstrated a new fibre-optic controlled loitering munition that is completely resistant to electronic jamming and signal…
A new rapid response force for the Gulf of Guinea has set its sights on preventing piracy and other maritime threats and protecting the region’s blue…
Africa is expected to account for the majority of Super Tucano sales over the next two decades, with Embraer predicting about 150 orders from the continent,…
Mali and Nigeria, two of the countries in the Sahel region of west Africa, are separated by approximately 1,000 kilometres, with the Niger Republic between them.…
Nigeria’s National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) recently uncovered an industrial-scale methamphetamine production facility deep in the Abidagba Forest in the country’s southwest. The seized drugs…
The Chief of the South African Navy, Vice Admiral Monde Lobese, reaffirmed the importance of African-led maritime security solutions, enhanced naval cooperation, and technological innovation during…
The Nigerian Navy stands ready not just to protect Nigerian interests but as an anchor of African maritime security. This was the key message emanating from…
Islamist militants are exerting growing military strength in targeting the state forces and civilians across several regions of the continent, the Armed Conflict Location and Event…
Nigeria-based defence technology startup Terra Industries has begun construction of its second manufacturing facility, in Ghana, which will be the largest drone manufacturing facility on the…
In the past year and a half, South African police have busted four industrial-scale drug labs where they found more than $150 million worth of crystal…
Yusuf was 5 years old on the night that Islamic State group terrorists on motorcycles raided his village and took him to raise as one of…
A series of explosions in Bujumbura, Burundi’s economic capital, began around 6:15 p.m. on 31 March and did not end until about midnight. The blasts killed…
As they seek to exert more control over portions of northeastern Nigeria, terrorist groups have attacked military outposts across the region and killed dozens of soldiers.…
