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Gabon
General Oligui Nguema snaps up two military helicopters

Libreville's transitional government has got its hands on two AW139 multi-purpose aircraft, which it says will be used to keep an eye on the rainforest. [...]

Published on 05/06/2024 at 04:40 GMT

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Ivory Coast
Steve Bokhobza brokers helicopters for Ivorian army under alias of David Nakash

Abidjan's recent hiring and acquisition of H125 helicopters for the armed forces was arranged by Magen-ta Solutions, a Spanish firm created by Steve Bokhobza, a controversial defence equipment broker with dual French-Israeli citizenship who now goes by the name of David Nakash.

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Benin
Cotonou looks to both Paris and Moscow for army helicopters

Although the Beninese army recently acquired two French-made H 125 helicopters, it has also been negotiating the purchase of transport aircraft from Russian Helicopters in a drive to beef up its operations against armed groups in the north.

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Israel, West Africa
Former Israeli Defence Minister Moshe Ya'alon undertook discreet African tour

Earlier this month, the former head of Israel's armed forces, who is now chairman of the board of directors of the Synaptech Capital fund that invests in defence equipment, visited Abidjan and Conakry.

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Tsahal's former Chief of Staff and former Israeli defence minister Moshe Ya'alon.

Ivory Coast
Border protection: Israel's Avnon Group chases the military high command hard

With TAR already set to supply 10 helicopters to the Ivorian army, its sister company, iSTAR, is making a bid for a contract to supply surveillance drones. Both subsidiaries of Israel's Avnon Group, they aim to play a role in the country's efforts to protect its borders.

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Libya
Lloyds of London pays out €56m at last for six police choppers destroyed in 2014 clashes

Eight years after fighting ravaged Tripoli's international airport, the insurance syndicate has bowed to pressure from the Libyan agency in charge of recovering assets abroad, LARMO, with the support of the UK-based Libya Consultancy.

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Damaged helicopters at Tripol International Airport in Libya, on July 16, 2014.

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The sensational rise and spectacular fall of Pefaco casino and hotels

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Fertiliser giants Indorama and Dangote in murky waters over urea shortage

Gabon
General Oligui Nguema snaps up two military helicopters

Ivory Coast
Steve Bokhobza brokers helicopters for Ivorian army under alias of David Nakash

Benin
Cotonou looks to both Paris and Moscow for army helicopters

Israel, West Africa
Former Israeli Defence Minister Moshe Ya'alon undertook discreet African tour

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Border protection: Israel's Avnon Group chases the military high command hard

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Lloyds of London pays out €56m at last for six police choppers destroyed in 2014 clashes