Military Africa

Airbus and South African flight training provider ALT Academy signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on 16 September 2026 at the Africa Aerospace and Defence (AAD) Expo in the City of Tshwane,...

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has lost one of its two ATR 42-500 maritime patrol aircraft following the crash of NAF 931 in a swampy mangrove area near Igbokoda in Ondo State on 5 October 2026. The accident killed all 25 people aboard and removes one of Nigeria’s dedicated crewed intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) platforms, increasing pressure on the service’...

First published on Unmanned Africa

Emerging technologies such as unmanned systems may help African militaries fight non-state armed groups, but militaries across the continent ...

Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Waidi Shaibu, told Bangladesh’s High Commissioner to Nigeria that the Nigerian Army is ready to share its counter-terrorism and drone warfare expertise, during a meeting at Army Headquarters in Abuja on Thursday, October 8, 2026.

Shaibu received High Commissioner Miah Md Mainul Kabir for what both sides descri...

Lieutenant General Mohammed Berrid, Inspector General of Morocco’s Royal Armed Forces (FAR, from the French Forces Armées Royales), received Major General Issa Saif bin Ablan Al Mazrouei, Chief of Staff of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Armed Forces, in Rabat on Tuesday, 6 October 2026. The visit capped the third meeting of the Moroccan-Emirati Joint Military Committee.