IAI Patrol Boats Customer Exposed
Angola is the customer for four Super Dvora Mk 3 patrol boats ordered from Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) in 2015. At the time the...
US Puts Drones at Forefront of Fight Against Extremists in Africa
The US Air Force is constructing a base for armed drones in the Sahara Desert, in just another stage of the battle against the...
Medicine Drone Delivery Service Significantly Improved
A company which supplies a drone delivery system to send urgent medicines has recently redesigned its system. Zipline’s new delivery vehicle is an autonomous...
Nigeria’s First Indigenous UAV Launched
The Nigerian Air Force inducted its first indigenous UAV, which will be used for ISR operations in land and sea. The Tsaigumi UAV, produced...
Medical Deliveries by Drone Are Expanding
Drones have been carrying out medical deliveries such as blood samples and vaccines successfully to remote sites in the developing world for some time....
Paranoia Or Real Threat? China Making Questionable Moves
China has refuted ‘Western media reports’ on the Djibouti military base as a prejudice against Beijing and has said that the two ships carrying...
Stealth Micro UAV for the Army, Police and Special Forces
A stealth Micro UAV has been showcased for the first time. The companies Desert Wolf and FLIR have brought the Black Hornet micro unmanned...
Towards African Network of Safe and Smart Cities?
An information and communication (ICT) company has been meeting with several government leaders in Africa to detail how its safe city solution could be...
US Drones – Are They Everywhere?
The Washington Post reported recently that American Air Force Reaper drones began flying out of Tunisian bases in late June of this year and...
A South African Company Has Developed a New Drone
Paramount Advanced Technologies is developing a Persistent Surveillance Tethered Drone for missions such as border control and anti-poaching. They’re displaying the aircraft at the...
US Ministry of Defense Delegation to Attend AUS&R 2016
A delegation of 14 experts from the US ministry of defense will attend the AUS&R 2016 Convention. The delegation of the US Department of...
Egypt at the Forefront of African Cybersecurity
The Egyptian government has recently launched a new cybersecurity division in order to defend its institutions from cyber attacks. When one understands the scope...
Africa Wants Its Own Security Solutions
Top experts in defence and technology experts met last month to discuss issues of security in Africa. During the fourth National Security Symposium held...
Uganda Cuts Ties With North Korea
The New York Times reports that Uganda has agreed to stop all cooperation with North Korea following a summit meeting between President Yoweri Museveni...
Kenya Will Erect Wall On Somali Border
Kenya, the region’s most advanced and biggest economic power, is still facing major hurdles. One of the issues impeding its development is the shaky...
Boko Haram Wants Ransom For Girls
Boko Haram, Nigeria’s very own jihadi menace, has announced that it is willing to release the 219 schoolgirls it kidnapped two years ago for...
New ISIS Affiliate Joins The Fray In The Horn Of Africa
The Horn of Africa is now hosting a rather unpleasant guest: a new ISIS affiliate. Jahba East Africa distinguishes itself from al-Shabaab by vowing...
New Perimeter Security Measures On Tunisia-Libya Border Fence
The United States is funding a multi-million project to erect an electronic surveillance system along the border between Libya and Tunisia. The US has...
In Salah Rocket Attack – Perimeter Security Failure
Terrorists have attacked this month the secure BP-Statoil operated In Salah gas facility in Algeria. The attackers fired rockets and RPGs, according to Statoil,...
Drones Give Edge In Fight Against Poaching
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are finally giving conservationists a significant lead in the fight against poachers. Lindbergh Foundation’s Air Shepherd Initiative employs drones to...
Australia Seizes More Than 2,000 Weapons On Boat Bound to Somalia
More than 2,000 weapons including assault rifles, rocket launchers and machine guns were found hidden under fishing nets in a Somalia-bound boat, Australian Navy...
Is The US to Send Troops To Africa?
The United State could soon send hundreds of military advisers to the front line of the raging battle against Islamist terrorist organisation Boko Haram...
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Data Breaches Are Connected to Mass Layoffs, Research
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