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Following the successful release from pirates of the Maltese registered tanker Hellas Aphrodite on 7 November, European Union (EU) naval assets attached to Operation Atalanta boarded an abandoned dhow, used as a mother ship for the attack last Thursday. https://t.co/F6lj7sF5g8

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The best overall report marrying eyewitness testimony, social media footage and satellite imagery to create a ground up understanding of the crimes committed in the takeover of El Fasher. The kind of thing the ICC should be collecting.

Mali, one of the three Sahel countries under military rule, has come under economic siege. Al Qaeda linked jihadist militants imposed nearly two months long blockade on Bamako. This is now taking a serious toll on the economy and everyday life.

The Milkor 380 medium-altitude, long-endurance unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is the largest such aircraft to be designed and manufactured in Africa, and will be complemented by an even larger UAV – the Milkor 780 – which is currently under development. https://t.co/5SaPccjjwU

The South African Air Force (SAAF) is set to take part in the Wonderboom Air Show on Saturday 15 November, with active duty helicopters as well as SAAF Museum aircraft on the lineup. https://t.co/yFOsgk4imv

BIRD Aerosystems has delivered and deployed its Advanced Airborne Missile Protection Systems (AMPS) for an African air force, which is using it on its fleet of Mi-17 and Mi-24 helicopters. https://t.co/dvBIQ6du6m

SANDF boots on the ground net millions in contraband and drugs during October

When the Second Anglo-Boer War broke out in October 1899, few in London expected a long conflict. The British Empire assumed that a militia of farmers could not stand against the world’s most powerful army. Yet the Boers did more than resist. https://t.co/s9kgKlAYGW

The decision by TotalEnergies to lift the force majeure on its Mozambique LNG project marks the long-awaited restart of gas operations in Cabo Delgado. But the project’s 4.5 year suspension due to the ongoing insurgency has added $4.5 bn to costs. https://t.co/fVx976pETz

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Milkor promotes 380 UAV as it continues development of larger 780 | SANDF nets millions in contraband, drugs in October | African military gets AMPS -

Ethiopia 🇪🇹: mass protests have erupted in towns across the Afar region as locals demand the expulsion of the TPLF. The TPLF conducted an incursion into Afar region last week to take out a rival Tigray group, seizing control of six Afar villages in the process.

The Nigerian Army is now operating a vehicle similar to the Proforce Fury. This was observed during the operational tour of the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Waidi Shaibu, to the Northeast Theatre.

As part of events planned to mark its Armed Forces Day celebrations, the Senegalese Navy carried out its first live-fire missile launch from the offshore patrol vessel CAYOR, the third and final unit of the OPV 58 S programme by French builder Piriou (sister ships WALO and

Video showing brazilian made EE-9 Cascavel reconnaissance vehicles of the Zimbabwean 🇿🇼 military. @tanksenc

President Xi Jinping’s People’s Republic of China (PRC), apart from apparent commitments to the South African landward and maritime forces, is also tied to a multi-million Rand military aid agreement with President Cyril Ramaphosa’s seventh administration.

The Angolan Air Force has taken delivery of two C295 maritime surveillance aircraft from Airbus, completing an order for three of the type. https://t.co/HFZ6X32CDd

JNIM claimed killing 'at least' 48 Malian soldiers and injuring 100 others in the attack against the Soumpi Malian army base, and capturing a military vehicle and weapons.