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Turkish defense firm inks largest-ever armored vehicle export deal

Turkish defense firm Katmerciler has signed a contract with Kenya’s Defense Ministry to provide the African country with armored vehicle products...

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Turkish defense firm Katmerciler has signed a contract with Kenya’s Defense Ministry to provide the African country with armored vehicle products including the tactical wheeled armored 4x4 vehicle Hızır, the company said in a press release Wednesday.
The contract worth $91.4 million was dubbed the company’s largest single export deal.

 

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South Africa is sending 1,495 troops to Mozambique to help its neighbour battle jihadists wreaking havoc in the gas-rich Cabo Delgado province north of the country. Soldiers will be a part of a growing multinational force there.

In a statement Wednesday, the parliament said President Cyril Ramaphosa had authorised the deployment to support Mozambique in its fight against "acts of terrorism and violent extremists".

Attacks have escalated in northern Mozambique over the past year, fuelling fears the violence could spill over into neighbouring countries.

Since 2017, the Cabo Delgado region has been battered by a bloody jihadist insurgency that has killed more than 3,100 people, according to conflict data tracker ACLED, and displaced more than 800,000 people.

The three-month mission for South Africa's force -- from July 15 to October 15 -- is part of a deal agreed in June by the 16 nations of the Southern African Development Community (SADC).
https://www.africanews.com/2021/07/...-500-troops-to-mozambique-to-fight-jihadists/

 

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Il-76TD military transport aircraft of the Angolan National Air Force are deploying special forces of the Armed Forces of Lesotho to Maputo, which will take part in hostilities against Islamic State militants on the territory of Mozambique.

 

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The defeat of the column of Ethiopian troops in Debre Tabor.

 

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600 Chadian troops leave the area of the anti-terrorist operation Barkhan in the African Sahel.
Earlier, France, under whose leadership this war is taking place, also announced a reduction in the number of its troops.

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Nigeria:
Aug 25 (Reuters) - Nigeria and Russia have signed a military cooperation deal providing a legal framework for the supply of equipment and the training of troops, the Nigerian embassy in Moscow said on Wednesday.

President Muhammadu Buhari had expressed interest in such a pact with Russia as far back as 2019, when he met with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin at a Russia-Africa summit.

The Nigerian ambassador to Russia at the time said Buhari felt Russia could help defeat the Boko Haram Islamic insurgency in the northeast of the country, which remains a major problem.

"The Agreement on Military-Technical Cooperation between both countries provides a legal framework for the supply of military equipment, provision of after sales services, training of personnel in respective educational establishments and technology transfer, among others," the Nigerian embassy said in a statement.

It described the pact as a landmark development in bilateral relations between Abuja and Moscow.

Nigeria already uses some Russian fighter jets and helicopters, alongside military equipment purchased from Western powers such as the United States.

Reuters reported in July that U.S. lawmakers had put a hold on a proposal to sell almost $1 billion of weapons to Nigeria over concerns about possible human rights abuses by the government

 

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Guinea: Soldiers claim to have seized power and dissolved government as president 'detained'

However, the country's defence ministry said an attack on the presidential palace had been repelled. The whereabouts of the president, Alpha Conde, were not known amid reports he has been detained.

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Guinea: Soldiers claim to have seized power and dissolved government as president 'detained'

However, the country's defence ministry said an attack on the presidential palace had been repelled. The whereabouts of the president, Alpha Conde, were not known amid reports he has been detained.

news.sky.com

 

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Men are marched out of prison camps. Then corpses float down the river | CNN

Witnesses say bodies found on the banks of a river in Sudan tell a dark story of a new phase of ethnic cleansing across the border in Ethiopia's war-torn Tigray region.

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Humera is one of many towns involved in the conflict that has ravaged the 112 million-strong east African country since the Ethiopian government launched an offensive in the country's northern Tigray region in November 2020. Despite Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's initial declaration of victory in late November, the region is still wracked by fighting

 

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Guinean junta announces the abolition of the current constitution, the dissolution of the government, the closure of the borders and the imposition of a curfew.

 

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Ethiopian artillery.

 

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The squadron of the President of Nigeria received the first of two ordered Leonardo AW189 helicopters in VIP performance.

 

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France criticises deal bringing Russian mercenaries into Mali

France's foreign minister on Tuesday criticised plans that would bring Russian mercenaries into Mali, saying such a move was "incompatible" with the French military presence in its former colony.

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Sudanese authorities said they thwarted a coup attempt on Tuesday by a group of soldiers.

The authorities accused plotters loyal to the country's longtime autocratic ruler Omar al-Bashir of a failed bid to derail the revolution that removed him from power in 2019.

The plotters allegedly used tanks to close a bridge connecting Khartoum with Omdurman, just across the River Nile. They also reportedly tried to take control of state radio in Omdurman.

 

[BravoZulu]

Morocco:
The Moroccans have started their flight training to operate the AH-64.

The training is taking place in Utah with the 1st Attack Reconnaissance Battalion, 211th Aviation Regiment.

The unit says Cpt. Harbouli and Cpt. Ezhari are the first two Moroccans to undergo training in the simulator.

 

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Sudan's main opposition coalition called on Monday for civil disobedience and protests across the country after the military dissolved the transitional government, the information ministry said.

The Forces of Freedom and Change alliance demanded that the transitional military council step down and transfer power back to the civilian government.

It also called for the release of all detained members of cabinet and the sovereign council, a ruling body that had shared power between the military and civilians until it was dissolved by General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan on Monday, the ministry said on Facebook.

https://www.reuters.com/world/afric...calls-civil-disobedience-ministry-2021-10-25/

 

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Nigeria:
The army has taken delivery of 60 new VP–1 Type Tracked Armoured Personnel Carriers manufactured in China to boost the ongoing war against Boko Haram insurgency and banditry in the North-East and North-West.

Speaking during the commissioning of the new armoured tanks at the Nigerian Army School of Infantry, Jaji Kaduna State, the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Faruk Yahaya said the deployment of new platforms to the battlefield underscores the Federal Government’s commitment to ensure that a state of normalcy is achieved across the country.

Represented by the Commandant of Infantry Corps, Major General Victor Ezugwu, the Army Chief assured that the military is taking cogent steps in ensuring that bandits and terrorists are neutralised and annihilated throughout the country.

https://www.channelstv.com/2021/10/...cles-from-china-to-tackle-banditry-terrorism/

 

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An improvised self-propelled gun with 122-mm D-30 howitzer was presented by the militants of the West African province of IS in Nigeria.

 

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It is reported that by 2023 the Nigerian Navy will receive the first diesel-electric submarine of the S20 export project (surface displacement of about 2,000 tons), built at the Chinese shipbuilding enterprise Wuhan Shipbuilding (part of the Wuhan Shipbuilding Industry Group Co. Ltd. of the Chinese state shipbuilding corporation.