Washington has announced the suspension of military assistance and cooperation with the South African National Defence Force.

The Niger Republic has withdrawn an international force fighting armed Islamist groups in West Africa’s Lake Chad region as ...

Niger has quit an international force fighting armed Islamist groups in West Africa's Lake Chad region as it seeks to shore up security around oil assets at home, the government said in a bulletin on ...

Senegalese president Bassirou Diomaye Faye announced on 31 December 2024 that all foreign military bases in his country would close by 2025. On the same day, the Ivorian president said France would ...

The Department of Defence's annual reports show that the number of SANDF members dropped from almost 80,000 in 2013/14 to just below 70,000 ten years later. Olivier's opinion is that "in virtually ...

South Africans are frustrated with the South African Air Force after it was reported that six military aircraft are ...

Generally speaking, larger military budgets imply larger and stronger military forces. There are some exceptions to this rule ...

Amnesty International said soldiers fired live rounds at protesters as a form of crowd control – events the military disputed.

STUTTGART, Germany — China’s growing network of ports in Africa could serve as a precursor to the creation of more military bases, according to a new report by a Pentagon-affiliated think tank.

The southern African regional bloc has decided to end its military deployment to the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo ...

The Nigerian military is ranked 31st in the global firepower index in 2025 and third in Africa. This marked an improvement in Nigeria's ranking from the previous year, 2024 when it was ranked 39th ...

ARLINGTON, Va. (7News) — The first African Military aviators in the Air Force were honored with a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tuskegee Airmen Commemoration Day (TACD) Thursday. TACD honors the ...