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Nine Killed in Attack on Eastern DR Congo Village

Nine Killed in Attack on Eastern DR Congo Village

At least nine people have been killed in an attack on a village in DR Congo that is controlled by military forces sent in by the East African Community (EAC) to curb violence in the country’s east, local sources said Sunday. The Marangara village in North Kivu...

Angola receives first tank landing craft from CMN

Angola receives first tank landing craft from CMN

The Angolan Navy has taken delivery of the first of two new tank landing craft built by France’s CMN, five months after launch in Cherbourg. CMN (Constructions Mecaniques de Normandie) launched the vessel RA 4 de Abril (ND15) at the end of February, after construction...

West Africa prepares for war in Niger

West Africa prepares for war in Niger

An ECOWAS deadline for the junta in Niger to relinquish power and restore ousted President Mohamed Bazoum expired yesterday. Now, West Africa waits. The threat of war still looms and neither side has indicated it will back down. Over the weekend, Niger and ECOWAS both...

Angola to send forces to conflict-torn DR Congo

Angola to send forces to conflict-torn DR Congo

Luanda said the decision was taken after consultations with Kinshasa, adding other regional leaders as well as the United Nations had been informed. LUANDA - Angola said on Saturday it will send a military unit to the Democratic Republic of Congo, after a ceasefire it...

Chad selects TAI Hürkuş trainer-light attack aircraft

Chad selects TAI Hürkuş trainer-light attack aircraft

Chad will shortly become the second African user for Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) Hürkuş basic trainer aircraft, the manufacturer confirmed at the Farnborough International Airshow 2022. The deal – which will make Chad the second operator of the type in Africa,...

Algerian MiG-29 fighter jet crash, killing crew

Algerian MiG-29 fighter jet crash, killing crew

The Algerian Air Force has announced the crash of a MiG-29 ‘Fulcrum’ fighter plane near the air base in Posfer, in the northwestern part of the country, near the city of Oran. The Algerian Ministry of National Defense confirmed the death of one of the pilots in the...

Less than a quarter of SAAF aircraft serviceable

Less than a quarter of SAAF aircraft serviceable

Less than a quarter of the South African Air Force’s (SAAF’s) fleet of aircraft is serviceable as budget cuts, COVID-19 disruptions and problems at Denel erode its capabilities. This emerged during a Portfolio Committee on Defence and Military Veterans (PCDMV)...

SAAF grounds Gripen fleet

SAAF grounds Gripen fleet

The South African Air Force (SAAF) has temporarily grounded all of it’s Gripen multirole fighter fleet as none are serviceable.According to the Department of Defence (DoD), this is due to a lack of funding for maintenance, as support contracts were not renewed in...

Ethiopian air force begins air offensive in Tigray

Ethiopian air force begins air offensive in Tigray

The Ethiopian Air Force (ETAF) appears to have began a comprehensive aerial campaign against the Tigray Defence Force (TDF), after bolstering its capacity, and also to prevent an overrun of Addis Ababa, its capital city. The air offensive includes bombardment of the...

Namibian F-7 fighter badly damaged in runway overshoot

Namibian F-7 fighter badly damaged in runway overshoot

A Namibia Defence Force (NDF) F-7 fighter jet has been badly damaged in a runway excursion at Ondangwa’s Andimba Toivo Ya Toivo Airport. The aircraft (0315) suffered the incident on 15 October. The Chief of the Namibia Defence Force, Air Marshal Martin Pinehas, told...

Algerian Air Force orders more Su-30, MiG-29 fighter jets

Algerian Air Force orders more Su-30, MiG-29 fighter jets

The Algerian Air Force has ordered additional Su-30MKA and MiG-29M/M2 fighters from Russia in a contract worth nearly $2 billion. According to Vedomosti, a Russian-based newspaper, Algeria ordered an additional 16 Su-30MKA and 14 MiG-29M/M2 fighter jets for $1.8 mill...

Uzbekistan Su-27’s delivered to Angola

Uzbekistan Su-27’s delivered to Angola

In the autumn of 1999, with technical support from Ukraine, at least two Uzbekistan Su-27s were delivered to Angola. Ukrainian specialists helped to develop (technical and flight personnel) new equipment already in a new place in Luanda. The total number of delivered...

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