For democracies to function well, citizens have to trust their institutions. Every incidence of bad service delivery or ...

Military elements attempted to topple Benin’s government in early. However, unlike other coups across the Sahel and west ...

Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Guinea and Gabon have all suffered regime change in the last five years, led by men in military ...

The Sahel region, south of the Sahara, is notorious for being the global epicentre of terrorism. With a combined population of 75 million people, the region ...

In the previous articles, I explored the current state of affairs within the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) and unpacked the broader economics ...

Small, weak, and under-resourced, the Mozambique Defence Armed Forces (FADM) remain heavily reliant on foreign assistance as they combat a persistent Islamist ...

The long-simmering debate over South Africa’s declining defence capabilities exploded into the public arena in the past few ...

Parliament’s Joint Standing Committee on Defence (JSCD) was at the Department of Defence (DoD) Mobilisation Centre on Monday ...

The Gauteng Department of Economic Development (GDED) will create a dedicated Aerospace and Defence Action Lab to advance the province’s aerospace and defence ...

Fuelled by, among others, wars in Gaza and Ukraine as well as rising global and regional geopolitical tensions, 2024 saw arms ...

South Africa’s security environment is entering a decisive and dangerous phase, not because of a single event or adversary, but because the state itself is ...

Türkiye’s Havelsan already has a strong presence in Africa - having supplied unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), combat ...