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Rabat opts for yet more Turkish armed drones to contend with Polisario and Algiers

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Erdogan sets out to conquer Africa

Keen to reassert Turkey's international status, and also to help Turkish companies to break into the African market, the Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been spearheading a major diplomatic and business drive in Africa. To achieve its goals, the Turkish government is counting on the assistance of its religious networks. [...]

The Bayraktar TB2 combat drone. © Baykar

Mohammed VI's army is about to place a second order for armed Bayraktar TB2 drones manufactured by Turkey's Baykar as tensions mount with Western Sahara and neighbouring Algeria. Other suppliers are being solicited too. [...] (604 words)

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Lomé's turn to succumb to charms of Turkish TB2 combat drones

After success in Niger, Turkey's "drone diplomacy" is continuing to work its magic in West Africa: a few weeks ago, the Togolese army took delivery of a consignment of Bayraktar TB2 combat drones to protect its northern border against incursions by armed groups from Burkina Faso. [...]

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The Association of Friends of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic will next month accompany another group of European MPs and journalists to refugee camps in Algeria. The trip comes soon after Brussels painted a rosy picture of the impact in Western Sahara of an EU-Morocco free trade deal. [...]

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In the wake of an August military aid accord struck by Turkish President Erdogan and Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, in recent weeks the Ethiopian army has taken possession of at least six Bayraktar TB2 combat drones. [...]

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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. [...]

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

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Morocco orders Turkish armed drones as hostilities resume in Western Sahara

Turkey's Baykar, which has close links with Erdogan, is to supply attack drones to the Moroccan army. The contract will not radically change the military balance between Morocco and Algeria but has been signed just as hostilities are resuming against Polisario in Western Sahara. [...]

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France's complex relations with Turkey did not stop Business France, promoter of French businesses worldwide, from going ahead with a French entrepreneurs' trip to Turkey in November. The delegation met with Turkish aerospace players, including military drone manufacturer Uevera, on the lookout for future cooperation opportunities. [...]

Business France accompanied a delegation of French entrepreneurs to Turkey from 2 to 4 November 2021.

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