ROME - March 16, 2026 - Approximately 40 nations and more than 300 senior leaders and personnel will participate in the ...

JOHANNESBURG/MOGADISHU (Reuters) - A website created for Africa's proposed continental defence force proclaims a lofty mission "to support and keep peace for Africa's prosperity and a better life for ...

South African soldiers deployed in the country’s high-crime areas have dismantled illegal mining operations Johannesburg.

They are in turn accountable to the Minister of Defence and Military Veterans of the Defence Department. The military as it exists today was created in 1994, following South Africa's first nonracial ...

VICENZA, Italy — African Lion 25, U.S. Africa Command’s premier annual exercise, officially kicks off April 14, 2025, in Tunisia, with activities in Ghana, Senegal, and Morocco beginning in May. With ...

JOHANNESBURG - To counter the perceived threat of terror from Iran and jihadi groups, South Africa’s chief rabbi is setting up a specialist task force. Chief Rabbi ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE PHOTO: A general view at dawn shows part of the cityscape of Kigali (Reuters) -Rwanda escorted the troops of a Southern ...

Egypt is home to the strongest military on the African continent. It has over 1,000 M1 Abrams tanks at its disposal. Egypt has over 1,000 aircraft including advanced fighter jets like the F-16 ...

The Inaugural African Airforce Forum will be hosted by the Senegal Air Force at the King Fahd Palace Dakar in Senegal from 26 to 27 October 2022. The event will support and address the security ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — A group of critically injured South African peacekeepers who were hurt in fighting in eastern Congo a month ago have been evacuated by the United Nations, the South African ...