Saab wins steady state support order for Gripen
Defence and security company Saab has received steady state support contract for South African Gripen. The order has a total value of SEK 180-million (approximately R230-million) over the years 2013-2016. The South African Air Force has been operating the Gripen...
Structuring the African Military Beyond COIN
African conflicts should not be viewed in the same lens as Iraq and Afghanistan. Sensible advice lost in a flood of COIN planning, argues John Stupart.
ADF-NALU: DRC’s new, old threat?
African Defence Review’s Richard Stupart talks to journalist Caroline Hellyer about the ADF, and their role in one of the least-reported areas of the eastern DRC.
UNDP urges governments to end CAR suffering
As the violence in the Central African Republic (CAR) continues, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has called on the international community to help prevent the conflict from leaving a legacy of even greater deprivation and poverty in the country. High...
Piracy’s Persistence in the Gulf of Guinea
Counter-piracy operations have been rather successful off the Somali coast in the Gulf of Aden. The summer of 2012 recorded more piracy activities in the Gulf of Guinea on the African west coast than on the east coast for the first time.
While You Were on Holiday: DRC, South Sudan & the CAR
Welcome to 2014! While you were away at the beach/alpine cabin/in-laws’ house there were a few important events unfolding in some of the conflicts in Africa. Here is a brief recap of what happened while the world was on holiday.
Whither the Pirates?
Did you know that roughly 57 people are currently in pirate hands? Or that the average pirate will make up to $75,000 a run?
Saab wins R150m German Air Force orders
Defence and security company Saab has received three orders for self-protection equipment for the German Air Force’s Tornado fleet which forms the backbone of the German Luftwaffe air defence capability. Development and production of the order will take place at Saab...
What happened in Juba?
After two days of confused accounts of violence in the South Sudanese capital, some details of the causes and consequences of the devastating firefights have begun to emerge.