Africa

Aid agencies call for global response as WHO admits extraordinary measures are needed to contain disease amid rampant fear The WHO has been criticized for...

France will deploy its first U.S-made unarmed surveillance drones to West Africa by the end of the year. France's military intervention in Mali in January...

An information and communication (ICT) company has been meeting with several government leaders in Africa to detail how its safe city solution could be...

Kenya has taken delivery of two Danish patrol boats for security operations on the country’s two largest lakes. The boats, worth Sh115 million (about...

South African company Denel has cleared its Seeker-400 UAS (unmanned aerial system) for imminent production this year. The system is being offered in two...

Libya will build a satellite surveillance system with Italian expertise to help secure its borders in order to stem the flow of Islamist militants...

The U.S has blocked any sales of surplus American-made weapon systems by Israel to Nigeria. The Americans also indicated that Israeli made systems should...

A new report says Kenya's annual defense budget will grow from the US$4.3 billion recorded in the last few years to US$5.5 billion by...

The Tanzanian government says it is considering proposals from private American conservationists who are offering to help the country fight endemic rhino and elephant...

This is a threat taken very seriously by Britain. At the height of the Ebola crisis in West Africa last year, British military experts...

The United State could soon send hundreds of military advisers to the front line of the raging battle against Islamist terrorist organisation Boko Haram...

The United States says that Nigeria cannot fully achieve its potential as a stable regional leader until it successfully overcomes the Islamic insurgency of...

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...

Register to iHLS Israel Homeland Security In this weekly report (2 December 2014): Chinese military officials have deployed a highly accurate laser defense system Private industry experts...

Questions about the U.S. government’s legal authority to contain the Ebola virus are increasing, even as federal officials attempt to keep public panic at...

East African countries continue their joint efforts to bolster maritime security. In November 'Cutlass Express 2013', a large multinational maritime training event in East...

How does the United States allow health workers to help West Africa while minimizing their risk? One answer that the White House may be...

Africa is becoming an “online continent” despite its economic difficulties, at the same time there is a growing incidence of cybercrime. According to Security Affairs...

Ebola is visible from space: you can see its effects. Satellite imagery that provide high-resolution pictures from low Earth orbit give a picture of...

 

The Nigerian Navy is hosting the combined exercise called African Winds, a program of the Africa Partnership Station (APS) security co-operation program of U.S....

With so much misinformation circulating about the scale and domestic danger of the Ebola threat, less attention has been paid to the U.S. military’s...