The future of air power in Southern Africa
As the political, economic and technological aspects of countries in the South African Development Community (SADC) change, the region’s air power balance and structure is likely to shift.
Saab expands African footprint, opens in Botswana
Saab is expanding its presence on the African continent and has recently opened an office in Gaborone, Botswana. With its focus on military defence and civil security, Saab always made it clear that one of the company’s main goals is to grow and break into the...
Intelsat signs up Airbus Defense and Space
Satellite service provider Intelsat has entered into a new agreement with Airbus Defense and Space, the world’s second largest space company, bridging maritime VSAT services to Intelsat’s High Throughput Satellite (HTS) Epic platform. The new agreement...
Squaring Up Against the ADF
The Force Intervention Brigade and the FARDC have moved on rebel groups once more, targeting ADF and FDLR forces in a series of operations in recent days.
SA’s Military: Scrabbling for Petrol Money
Expected to do more operations in its democratic incarnation with less money than before, the cracks are beginning to show in the South African National Defence Force. It’s time to face up to the poverty taking root in the armed forces, argues JOHN STUPART.
Boko Haram: Nigeria’s Transnational Insurgency?
By no means vanquished, the group has been shifting tactics and operational locations in the face of a blunt and inefficient military response.
Commentary on ongoing fighting in Mali
Catching up on the state of operations in the counterinsurgency that got forgot.
Angola’s New Su–30Ks
Angola has purchased 12 Sukhoi Su–30K fighter aircraft from Russia. Does it matter?
A Violent Kind of Ceasefire, Part 2
The systematic, organised nature of the massacres carried out by SPLA troops in Juba poses difficult questions of how to hold government forces to account.
A Violent Kind of Ceasefire
Despite a fragile ceasefire, Machar and Kiir remain far from reconciled while the human cost of the conflict mounts, and increasing evidence of widespread massacres emerges.