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France, Niger
French defence cooperation falls back on DCI

Défense Conseil International (DCI), a private-sector service provider within the French Ministry of the Armed Forces, will train Nigerien air force personnel to strengthen a helicopter unit. This is a rare incursion into Africa, where Paris is reluctant to "privatise" its military cooperation.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 19.01.2022

Africa, Portugal
From Mozambique to Guinea-Bissau, Lisbon plays military diplomacy card

The blue helmets' Portuguese contingent is currently deployed in the Central African Republic under the banner of MINUSCA. © MINUSCA/David Manuya

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 18.01.2022

Vice president of Israel Shipyards Oded Breier with Rear Admiral Issah Yakubu on 10 January 2022. © Ghana Armed Forces gafonline

Ghana
Israel networks quietly at work behind securing of Accra's offshore deposits

By facilitating the sale of four Singaporean patrol boats to the Ghanaian navy, Israel Shipyards took on a new role as a broker, which should enable the military complex to gain a foothold in Ghana.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 18.01.2022

Yaya Sylla, director of SaH Analytics. © Bpifrance

Ivory Coast
Yaya Sylla, the technical expert who has the ear of Tene Birahima Ouattara

When it comes to securing the country's borders or equipping the fast-growing Ivorian army, defence minister Tene Birahima Ouattara takes account of the recommendations of Yaya Sylla, a behind-the-scenes adviser who frequents his private office in his capacity as an electronics expert.

Subscribers only Defence, Politics 17.01.2022

Mozambique
Chume rallies foreign support from UN, SADC and Rwanda in Cabo Delgado

Mozambique Minister of Defence Cristóvão Chume. © Embaixada de Portugal em Maputo/Facebook

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy Running story - Cabo Delgado 17.01.2022

Central African Republic
MINUSCA to get peacekeeping reinforcements from March

In a move eagerly awaited by President Touadéra, Tunisia, Senegal, Togo and Bhutan will send rapid reaction forces to the UN's peacekeeping mission in CAR in the first quarter of 2022. The sheer number of extra troops, to which Ghana has also pledged to add its own before the summer, is proving a logisitical challenge for MINUSCA.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 14.01.2022

Senegal
Gaby Peretz puts €300m on table for Senegalese military

The highly successful Israeli broker and close friend to Macky Sall has opened a €300m credit line to help strengthen the Senegalese military over the next three years despite budget difficulties.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 13.01.2022

Tunisia
Boeing swoops into military training jet battle

The T-7 Red Hawk, developed by the US plane maker in partnership with Saab, has just gone into production. It could well win over the Tunisian air force, which quickly needs a successor for its Czech L-59Ts.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 12.01.2022

Gambia
Katmerciler struggling to clinch armoured vehicles contract for Minusma

Turkish manufacturer Katmerciler is struggling to finalise the sale of 20 Hizir armoured vehicles and a dozen logistic support units to the Gambian authorities, as negotiations stall over the question of how to finance them.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 12.01.2022

Uganda
Museveni and Paris unite against ADF by boosting security cooperation

The Ugandan president and the country's French ambassor discussed last month the possibility of boosting their defence cooperation through the training of Uganda's mountain troops. These soldiers play an essential role in the fight against rebel groups in the east of DRC which are destabilising the region.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 11.01.2022

Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni with Uganda's French ambassador Jules-Armand Aniambossou and French defence attaché Bertrand de Boisse in Kampala on 12 September 2021.

Nigeria, Turkey
Turkish defence firms pitch wares to top brass

TAI, Roketsan, BMC, Otokar, Tais Shipyards, Aselsan were among the 10 or so Turkish arms makers that travelled to Nigeria last week to promote their products and know-how to defence minister Bashir Salihi Magashi and senior military commanders.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 10.01.2022

Somalia
British consultancy Adam Smith expected in Hargeisa to advise Somaliland's army

Somaliland's defence minister Abdiqani Mohamoud Aateye and the head the Somaliland National Armed Forces General Nuh Ismail Tani have contracted London-based consultancy firm Adam Smith International (ASI) to help steer the overhaul of its defence services.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 07.01.2022

Chad
Nurol Holding, standard bearer of Turkish interests in N'Djamena

Having recently delivered a new batch of twelve armoured vehicles for the Chadian army, the Turkish conglomerate Nurol Holding has consolidated its presence in N'Djamena and is also eyeing opportunities in the construction, infrastructure and mining sectors.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 06.01.2022

Nigeria
Buhari and Erdogan cosy up to revive Dicon military conglomerate

The development of the Nigerian public defence conglomerate could be at the heart of the security cooperation policy outlined by Muhammadu Buhari and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 04.01.2022

In Focus | Sahel, West Africa
Trapped in Sahel logistics nightmare, French army seeks way out

In November, one of the French army's convoys that came to support the Barkhane force by road was attacked by locals. For the past two months, French military planners have been working on scenarios to keep its troops supplied in the Sahel without provoking any new unrest.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 03.01.2022

French multi-role armoured vehicles VBMR Griffon patrol the streets of Gao on 4 December 2021.

Ghana, Togo
Paris boosts Accra and Lomé military with drones and observation aircraft using EU funds

From 2022, with EU funding, Paris will pilot the reinforcement of aerial intelligence capacities for Togo and Ghana. Under consideration are the provision of drones and an observation aircraft to prevent incursions by armed groups.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 03.01.2022

Central African Republic, Rwanda
EU plans to place troops trained by its military mission in CAR under Rwanda's supervision

The EU's training mission in CAR has been suspended since the beginning of December, however ways to revive it are currently being examined. Cooperation with the Rwandan army is one route being considered in Paris, but implementing this would be challenging.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 03.01.2022

Kenya
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.

Free access Defence, Business 24.12.2021

Mali
German army to deploy CH-53 helicopters to Gao next summer

Germany's MINUSMA contingents stationed in Gao will be taking delivery of several heavy-lift transport helicopters, thereby reducing their reliance on private contractors and affording Berlin more flexibility to follow its own path in this troubled region.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 23.12.2021

Ivory Coast
Northern military focus leaves coastline exposed

Abidjan's costly counter-insurgency operations in the north mean the government lacks the resources to protect its fisheries and offshore oilfields, much to the dismay of Thales and Mitrelli.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 22.12.2021

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Defence

France, Niger
French defence cooperation falls back on DCI

Africa, Portugal
From Mozambique to Guinea-Bissau, Lisbon plays military diplomacy card

Ghana
Israel networks quietly at work behind securing of Accra's offshore deposits

Ivory Coast
Yaya Sylla, the technical expert who has the ear of Tene Birahima Ouattara

Mozambique
Chume rallies foreign support from UN, SADC and Rwanda in Cabo Delgado

Central African Republic
MINUSCA to get peacekeeping reinforcements from March

Senegal
Gaby Peretz puts €300m on table for Senegalese military

Tunisia
Boeing swoops into military training jet battle

Gambia
Katmerciler struggling to clinch armoured vehicles contract for Minusma

Uganda
Museveni and Paris unite against ADF by boosting security cooperation

Nigeria, Turkey
Turkish defence firms pitch wares to top brass

Somalia
British consultancy Adam Smith expected in Hargeisa to advise Somaliland's army

Chad
Nurol Holding, standard bearer of Turkish interests in N'Djamena

Nigeria
Buhari and Erdogan cosy up to revive Dicon military conglomerate

In Focus | Sahel, West Africa
Trapped in Sahel logistics nightmare, French army seeks way out

Ghana, Togo
Paris boosts Accra and Lomé military with drones and observation aircraft using EU funds

Central African Republic, Rwanda
EU plans to place troops trained by its military mission in CAR under Rwanda's supervision

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

Mali
German army to deploy CH-53 helicopters to Gao next summer

Ivory Coast
Northern military focus leaves coastline exposed

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Defence

France, Niger French defence cooperation falls back on DCI

Africa, Portugal From Mozambique to Guinea-Bissau, Lisbon plays military diplomacy card

Ghana Israel networks quietly at work behind securing of Accra's offshore deposits

Ivory Coast Yaya Sylla, the technical expert who has the ear of Tene Birahima Ouattara

Mozambique Chume rallies foreign support from UN, SADC and Rwanda in Cabo Delgado

Central African Republic MINUSCA to get peacekeeping reinforcements from March

Senegal Gaby Peretz puts €300m on table for Senegalese military

Tunisia Boeing swoops into military training jet battle

Gambia Katmerciler struggling to clinch armoured vehicles contract for Minusma

Uganda Museveni and Paris unite against ADF by boosting security cooperation

Nigeria, Turkey Turkish defence firms pitch wares to top brass

Somalia British consultancy Adam Smith expected in Hargeisa to advise Somaliland's army

Chad Nurol Holding, standard bearer of Turkish interests in N'Djamena

Nigeria Buhari and Erdogan cosy up to revive Dicon military conglomerate

In Focus | Sahel, West Africa Trapped in Sahel logistics nightmare, French army seeks way out

Ghana, Togo Paris boosts Accra and Lomé military with drones and observation aircraft using EU funds

Central African Republic, Rwanda EU plans to place troops trained by its military mission in CAR under Rwanda's supervision

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

Mali German army to deploy CH-53 helicopters to Gao next summer

Ivory Coast Northern military focus leaves coastline exposed

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France, Niger
French defence cooperation falls back on DCI

Africa, Portugal
From Mozambique to Guinea-Bissau, Lisbon plays military diplomacy card

Ghana
Israel networks quietly at work behind securing of Accra's offshore deposits

Ivory Coast
Yaya Sylla, the technical expert who has the ear of Tene Birahima Ouattara

Mozambique
Chume rallies foreign support from UN, SADC and Rwanda in Cabo Delgado

Central African Republic
MINUSCA to get peacekeeping reinforcements from March

Senegal
Gaby Peretz puts €300m on table for Senegalese military

Tunisia
Boeing swoops into military training jet battle

Gambia
Katmerciler struggling to clinch armoured vehicles contract for Minusma

Uganda
Museveni and Paris unite against ADF by boosting security cooperation

Nigeria, Turkey
Turkish defence firms pitch wares to top brass

Somalia
British consultancy Adam Smith expected in Hargeisa to advise Somaliland's army

Chad
Nurol Holding, standard bearer of Turkish interests in N'Djamena

Nigeria
Buhari and Erdogan cosy up to revive Dicon military conglomerate

In Focus | Sahel, West Africa
Trapped in Sahel logistics nightmare, French army seeks way out

Ghana, Togo
Paris boosts Accra and Lomé military with drones and observation aircraft using EU funds

Central African Republic, Rwanda
EU plans to place troops trained by its military mission in CAR under Rwanda's supervision

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

Mali
German army to deploy CH-53 helicopters to Gao next summer

Ivory Coast
Northern military focus leaves coastline exposed