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Spotlight | Kenya
OTT, TAG, IAG: Kenyan APC tender lures the big guns

The Kenya Defence Forces' tender for the supply of new MRAP armoured personnel carriers has caught the attention of several industry heavyweights. [...]

Published on 13.10.2020 at 05:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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The armoured vehicles IMUT ST-500 (centre) and ST-100 (left and right).

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Ghana Military armoured vehicle firms TAG, Inkas Vehicles, Welp swoop in on cash transport

Kenya Why Turkey's Katmerciler is struggling to finalise its army deal

Senegal Police invest in TAG armoured vehicles in wake of riots

Burkina Faso OTT Technologies and PAE to supply new Puma armoured vehicles to Burkina Faso's army

Somalia TAG supplies EUCAP police instructors with armoured vehicles

Kenya Katmerciler beats off OTT, TAG and IAG over APCs

Central African Republic EUTM-RCA buys kit from TAG, Haftar's source of armoured vehicles

Kenya Kenyan army on lookout for next 8x8 armoured vehicles

Egypt, Uganda Ukraine's Techimpex parades upgraded BMP-1 combat vehicle in Cairo and Kampala

Somalia Turkish influence comes under fire in presidential campaign

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Somalia, United States Washington drives Somalian troops, under Turkey's nose

Kenya, United States Pentagon trains Kenya's special forces to fight Al-Shabaab

Spotlight | Egypt, Saudi Arabia, South Africa China's Poly Technologies gets in with Sisi's army thanks to IMUT's armoured vehicles

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Behind the scenes of Mamadi Doumbouya's offensive on Russian miner Nordgold

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Dan Gertler's billions of dollars in royalties at heart of huge legal battle

Spotlight | Kenya
OTT, TAG, IAG: Kenyan APC tender lures the big guns

Ghana
Military armoured vehicle firms TAG, Inkas Vehicles, Welp swoop in on cash transport

Kenya
Why Turkey's Katmerciler is struggling to finalise its army deal

Senegal
Police invest in TAG armoured vehicles in wake of riots

Burkina Faso
OTT Technologies and PAE to supply new Puma armoured vehicles to Burkina Faso's army

Somalia
TAG supplies EUCAP police instructors with armoured vehicles

Kenya
Katmerciler beats off OTT, TAG and IAG over APCs

Central African Republic
EUTM-RCA buys kit from TAG, Haftar's source of armoured vehicles

Kenya
Kenyan army on lookout for next 8x8 armoured vehicles

Egypt, Uganda
Ukraine's Techimpex parades upgraded BMP-1 combat vehicle in Cairo and Kampala

Somalia
Turkish influence comes under fire in presidential campaign

Italy, Kenya
Kenya Air Force receives its third and last Spartan transport plane

Somalia, United States
Washington drives Somalian troops, under Turkey's nose

Kenya, United States
Pentagon trains Kenya's special forces to fight Al-Shabaab

Spotlight | Egypt, Saudi Arabia, South Africa
China's Poly Technologies gets in with Sisi's army thanks to IMUT's armoured vehicles

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Behind-the-scenes battle in Tripoli for top intelligence job

Libya
Haftar's army abandons equipment received from UAE after Tripoli routing

Kenya
Army to assist police with counter-terrorism operations

Kenya
Al-Shabaab makes Nairobi its main target

Kenya
American contractors L3 and KBR worst affected by attack on Camp Simba

Libya
UN supplier TAG supplies armoured cars to Haftar

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Bad publicity for OTT Technologies