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Senegal
Damen Shipyards beats off Turkey's Desan and Tais

The Dutch shipyard has been contracted to deliver three military logistics ships to the Senegalese navy, even though two rival Turkish firms were favourites for the business. These ships could help improve the army's deployments in the insurgent province of Casamance.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 09.07.2021

Mali
After coup, Turkish construction group Form Insaat guns for Bamako military hospital

The Turkish construction specialist Form Insaat has landed a role as a service provider for the construction of Bamako's new military hospital.

Subscribers only Defence, Business Running Story - Erdogan's drive in Africa 08.07.2021

Comoros islands, France
Azali Assoumani tries to please France by tightening up control over migration to Mayotte

The Comoran president is trying to strengthen the surveillance capacities of his security forces in an attempt to curb the large-scale migration of his compatriots to the French island of Mayotte.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 07.07.2021

Tunisia
Washington relaunches its plan to install surveillance aerostats on the border with Libya

Six years of consolidating the Libyan border.© Africa Intelligence/Indigo Publications-2021

Subscribers only Defence, Business 07.07.2021

Ivory Coast
Thales and Huawei wrestle for northern border surveillance contract

Abidjan is considering deploying and coordinating border detection systems and land and air surveillance systems to push back incursions from rebel groups fighting in the Sahel. France's Thales and China's Huawei are competing against each other to win over the armed forces.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 06.07.2021

Algeria
Outsider Kia seeks to beat off Mercedes and NIMR with cheap armoured vehicles

South Korea's Kia hopes to outdo Mercedes and NIMR and win the Algerian army's tender for 130 light armoured vehicles with a radically lower price tag. But these rival firms have a head start thanks to their solid local presence.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 05.07.2021

European Union, North Africa
Frontex plans to fly surveillance balloons over southern Mediterranean

After testing two CNIM aerostats in the Aegean Sea, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency plans to deploy this surveillance equipment in North Africa to counter migratory flows.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 02.07.2021

Algeria, Sahel
Army chief Chengriha turns to the Sahel after mammoth Russian shopping trip

Chief of staff Said Chengriha has travelled to Moscow to clinch an astronomical arms deal, worth up to $7bn. In discussions with the Russian defence minister, he also outlined a possible Algerian intervention in the Sahel, starting with Mali.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 01.07.2021

Algerian Chief of Staff Said Chengriha and Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoygu.

Africa, France
African special forces go window shopping at Sofins

Delegations from several African armies were in attendance at the fifth Sofins (Special Operations Forces Innovation Network Seminar) event held from 29 June to 1 July at Souge camp near Bordeaux.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 01.07.2021

Mozambique
Rwandan army goes on reconnaissance in Pemba

Rwandan army officers have made a number of trips to the northern Mozambican gas-producing province. They are looking into how they might intervene against the violent armed groups operating there.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 29.06.2021

Libya, Tunisia
Rome to renovate third and last Libyan patrol boat in dry dock in Bizerte

The Italian interior ministry will channel EU funds into the rehabilitation of a Libyan coast guard vessel it pledged to renovate in 2017. The boat is to be in shipshape and the crew trained within a year.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 29.06.2021

Libya
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.

Free access Defence, Business 29.06.2021

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Senegal
Damen Shipyards beats off Turkey's Desan and Tais

Mali
After coup, Turkish construction group Form Insaat guns for Bamako military hospital

Comoros islands, France
Azali Assoumani tries to please France by tightening up control over migration to Mayotte

Tunisia
Washington relaunches its plan to install surveillance aerostats on the border with Libya

Ivory Coast
Thales and Huawei wrestle for northern border surveillance contract

Algeria
Outsider Kia seeks to beat off Mercedes and NIMR with cheap armoured vehicles

European Union, North Africa
Frontex plans to fly surveillance balloons over southern Mediterranean

Algeria, Sahel
Army chief Chengriha turns to the Sahel after mammoth Russian shopping trip

Africa, France
African special forces go window shopping at Sofins

Mozambique
Rwandan army goes on reconnaissance in Pemba

Libya, Tunisia
Rome to renovate third and last Libyan patrol boat in dry dock in Bizerte

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

East Africa
Vates Corp, Pentagon's ace analyst in East Africa

Sahel
Bazoum and 'Kaka' plan common aerial front against rebels

Ivory Coast
Abidjan buys 150 Spanish military vehicles for its gendarmerie

Cameroon
Yaoundé in market for patrol boats after Washington deal falls through

Sahel
Brussels finances Spanish Uro armoured vehicles for Sahel's gendarmes

Niger, United States
Aircraft broker RSW's last-ditch manoeuvres to save its $30m contract with Niamey

Ivory Coast
Brokers Gaby Peretz and Victor Delerue help Israel Shipyards and Raidco Marine in Abidjan

Niger
Logistics firms do well out of Germany's focus on Sahel

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Senegal Damen Shipyards beats off Turkey's Desan and Tais

Mali After coup, Turkish construction group Form Insaat guns for Bamako military hospital

Comoros islands, France Azali Assoumani tries to please France by tightening up control over migration to Mayotte

Tunisia Washington relaunches its plan to install surveillance aerostats on the border with Libya

Ivory Coast Thales and Huawei wrestle for northern border surveillance contract

Algeria Outsider Kia seeks to beat off Mercedes and NIMR with cheap armoured vehicles

European Union, North Africa Frontex plans to fly surveillance balloons over southern Mediterranean

Algeria, Sahel Army chief Chengriha turns to the Sahel after mammoth Russian shopping trip

Africa, France African special forces go window shopping at Sofins

Mozambique Rwandan army goes on reconnaissance in Pemba

Libya, Tunisia Rome to renovate third and last Libyan patrol boat in dry dock in Bizerte

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

East Africa Vates Corp, Pentagon's ace analyst in East Africa

Sahel Bazoum and 'Kaka' plan common aerial front against rebels

Ivory Coast Abidjan buys 150 Spanish military vehicles for its gendarmerie

Cameroon Yaoundé in market for patrol boats after Washington deal falls through

Sahel Brussels finances Spanish Uro armoured vehicles for Sahel's gendarmes

Niger, United States Aircraft broker RSW's last-ditch manoeuvres to save its $30m contract with Niamey

Ivory Coast Brokers Gaby Peretz and Victor Delerue help Israel Shipyards and Raidco Marine in Abidjan

Niger Logistics firms do well out of Germany's focus on Sahel

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Indigo Publications' websites

Senegal
Damen Shipyards beats off Turkey's Desan and Tais

Mali
After coup, Turkish construction group Form Insaat guns for Bamako military hospital

Comoros islands, France
Azali Assoumani tries to please France by tightening up control over migration to Mayotte

Tunisia
Washington relaunches its plan to install surveillance aerostats on the border with Libya

Ivory Coast
Thales and Huawei wrestle for northern border surveillance contract

Algeria
Outsider Kia seeks to beat off Mercedes and NIMR with cheap armoured vehicles

European Union, North Africa
Frontex plans to fly surveillance balloons over southern Mediterranean

Algeria, Sahel
Army chief Chengriha turns to the Sahel after mammoth Russian shopping trip

Africa, France
African special forces go window shopping at Sofins

Mozambique
Rwandan army goes on reconnaissance in Pemba

Libya, Tunisia
Rome to renovate third and last Libyan patrol boat in dry dock in Bizerte

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

East Africa
Vates Corp, Pentagon's ace analyst in East Africa

Sahel
Bazoum and 'Kaka' plan common aerial front against rebels

Ivory Coast
Abidjan buys 150 Spanish military vehicles for its gendarmerie

Cameroon
Yaoundé in market for patrol boats after Washington deal falls through

Sahel
Brussels finances Spanish Uro armoured vehicles for Sahel's gendarmes

Niger, United States
Aircraft broker RSW's last-ditch manoeuvres to save its $30m contract with Niamey

Ivory Coast
Brokers Gaby Peretz and Victor Delerue help Israel Shipyards and Raidco Marine in Abidjan

Niger
Logistics firms do well out of Germany's focus on Sahel