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SpotlightCENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC CHAD SUDAN Defence Politics 26/01/2023

Burhan-Hemeti feud plays out in CAR to Washington's dismay

The border region straddling Sudan, the Central African Republic and Chad has been the focus of intense manoeuvring in recent weeks. At stake is the control of the Vakaga gold mines and the expansion of the Wagner group, against a backdrop of high-level rivalry in Khartoum. [...]

General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo.

SOMALIA Defence Diplomacy 01/12/2022

Ex-PM Roble plays go-between for HSM and Emirates

Somali president Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud is reliant on the contacts of former prime minister Mohamed Hussein Roble to attract funds and various other types of aid from Abu Dhabi. [...]

Former Somalia's Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble, in London, on 29 July 2021.

CAMEROON Defence 27/10/2022

Boko Haram attack puts armed forces on high alert

Cameroon's army forces patrol on 16 Febuary 2015 near the village of Mabass, northern Cameroon. © Reinnier Kaze/AFP

In the night of 21-22 October, jihadist militants managed to take control of the Cameroonian army's advanced post in Djibrilli, on the border with Nigeria. The attack has rekindled debate over cuts to military spending in the fight against Boko Haram. [...]

BURKINA FASO Defence 08/09/2022

Turkey's armed drones make third Sahel conquest

The Burkina Faso army has started operating five Turkish Bayraktar TB2 attack drones. [...]

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WEST AFRICA Defence 18/07/2022

Volion Global Logistics gears up to take post-Antonov African pickings

The fledgling company found by a pool of military veterans and Africa experts is hoping to provide solutions to the shortage of wide-body cargo planes caused by the war in Ukraine. It is exploring several options, including a highly hypothetical plan to refit certain US military aircraft for civilian use. [...]

KENYA Defence Business 23/06/2022

Cerbair bags security contract with Kenyan intelligence service

Anti-drone specialist Cerbair has won a contract to protect a dozen Kenyan National Intelligence Service (NIS) sites. The deal was clinched thanks to telecoms consultant Laurent Catinot. [...]

EGYPT Defence Business 27/05/2022

Embraer hopes to profit from Cairo-Brasilia rapprochement

Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer is hoping to sell its KC-390 military transport aircraft to the Egyptian Air Force following the industrial cooperation agreement signed last week by Egypt and Brazil. But Washington has already been vaunting the merits of its Lockheed Martin C-130 for several months. [...]

DJIBOUTI Defence Politics 14/04/2022

What is a French general to do in Djibouti?

France may have downsized its military presence in Djibouti over the past 10 years, but its troops there are still key partners with regional states and the US. [...]

The Commander of the French Forces in Djibouti, General Stéphane Dupont.

DRC TANZANIA UGANDA Defence Politics 18/03/2022

Even without Magufuli, Museveni maintains military alliance with Tanzania in Kivu

One year on from the death of the Tanzanian head of state, Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni is pushing forward with security cooperation in the DRC's Kivu region alongside John Magufuli's successor, Samia Suluhu. [...]

Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan, and Ugandan Head of State Yoweri Museveni.

ALGERIA Defence Business 15/03/2022

Ukraine war impacts Thales, Safran military contracts

The two French defence giants are doing business with Russia to kit out Algerian combat aircraft. Sanctions are set to complicate those arrangments. [...]

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC MALI Defence Business 08/02/2022

United Nations ramp up use of intelligence drones across peacekeeping missions

In Mali, as in the Central African Republic, UN peacekeeping missions are increasingly reaching out to private contractors to hire drones to boost their intelligence capabilities, in a move backed at the highest level in New York. [...]

The new head of the MINUSMA forces Lieutenant General Cornelis Johannes Matthijssen.

KENYA Defence Business 24/12/2021

France and Turkey eye their chance as Textron armoured vehicle deal falls through

Blocked by the Biden administration, US company Textron's bid to supply 50 armoured vehicles to Nairobi has come to nothing. This could be an opportunity for the two enterprising Turkish manufacturers Otokar and Katmerciler, as well as French company Arquus, to seize the opportunity. [...]

NIGERIA Defence Business 23/11/2021

Ex-Safran exec Olivier Lafaye helps propel Prométhée into space

Lafaye, a former director of international development at Safran, army reserve colonel and local elected official in Emmanuel Macron's LREM party, has connected the French start-up Prométhée with the Nigerian space agency. He has also remained in contact with Safran, which wants to sell drones to the Nigerian army. [...]

WEST AFRICA Defence Diplomacy 15/10/2021

Erdogan tours Gulf of Guinea with his military procurement team

During his official tour of Angola, Nigeria and Togo from 17 to 20 October, the Turkish president will be aiming to strengthen political and economic ties with the countries of the Gulf of Guinea. Central to this strategy will be promoting the interests of Turkey's defence industry ahead of the Turkey-Africa summit scheduled for December in Istanbul. [...]

ISRAEL MOROCCO Defence Business 15/09/2021

Tel Aviv may help Rabat build kamikaze drone sector

The latest step in Rabat's breathless rapprochement with Israel's defence industry is Morocco's plan to set up a domestic sector to develop suicide drones, devices that are relatively easy to build and have devastating consequences. [...]

AFRICA RUSSIA Defence Business 27/08/2021

African army chiefs keener than ever to acquire Russian armaments

Military delegations and experts from throughout Africa made the journey to Moscow this week to take party in the annual Army 2021 trade fair. An opportunity for Russia to strengthen its influence in the African security sector. [...]

ALGERIA UNITED ARAB EMIRATES Defence Business 19/07/2021

Adcom's Emirati drones contract targeted by Algerian anti-corruption campaign

Several of the Algerian generals placed formally under investigation in recent weeks were involved in the army's acquisition of Emirati observation drones. [...]

LIBYA Defence Business 29/06/2021

General Dynamics still chasing payment for Khamis Gaddafi's tank contract

The US defence giant, which cut short a major contract to supply equipment to an armoured brigade headed by Muammar Gaddafi's son, Khamis, in 2011, is looking to recover its contractual guarantees. It has just won a new round in its battle with the Libyan state before the British Supreme Court. [...]

CHAD Defence Business 11/06/2021

N'Djamena procures 60 armoured vehicles to prepare for new rebellions

Mahamat Idriss Déby's Transitional Military Council (CMT) has placed an order for 60 light armoured vehicles with US-UAE manufacturer The Armored Group (TAG) to handle future rebel offensives. [...]

TUNISIA Defence Diplomacy 06/05/2021

Cash-strapped air force opts for second-hand Kuwaiti F-18 Hornets

The Tunisian Air Force urgently needs new fighter jets and is in talks to purchase several F-18 Hornets that Kuwait will withdraw from service. The US is keen to back the deal as it would prevent it from having to further extend its military aid to Tunisia. [...]

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