The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Waidi Shaibu, has convened African Army Chiefs and key defence stakeholders in Port Harcourt for the Third African Land Forces Forum, held in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. South African Army Chief General Rudzani Maphwanya is facing backlash in his home country following the release of alleged ...

Egypt has the largest standing army in Africa with roughly 450,000 active personnel In recent years, the Egyptian military has undergone significant modernization efforts Egypt also has one of the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Gen. Michael Langley, USMC, Commander, U.S. Africa Command, center, and Major General Mohammed Berrid, Inspector General of ...

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Lieutenant General Waidi Shaibu, has called for stronger collaboration among African armies to tackle terrorism, insurgency and other transnational security threats confronting the continent. Shaibu ...

U.S. Army Gen. Christopher Donahue will unexpectedly relinquish command next week after just 18 months in the role, the ...

A three-day West Africa Religious Affairs Symposium (WARAS), organised by the United States Africa Command (AFRICOM) in collaboration with the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF), has ended in Accra with a ...

This story has been corrected. VICENZA, Italy — The U.S. aims to show that its prescription for good relations in Africa includes medical partnerships with militaries across the continent, some of ...

Si vis pacem, para bellum: If you want peace, prepare for war, as the ancient Latin adage goes. This motto has resonated with many countries, particularly in Africa, where military preparedness can be ...

CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - South Africa's cash-strapped armed forces are in a "critical state of decline" that will take at least a decade to fix even with urgent action, according to a military strategy ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — South Africa's president has authorized a yearlong deployment by the army to fight crime in some of the country's violence-stricken areas. The move has underlined how ...