Inside ITPS Canada’s Growing Footprint Across Africa
In January 2026, in the highlands south of Addis Ababa, an aerobatic display marking the 90th anniversary of the Ethiopian...
Ekene Lionel is the founder, Editor-in-Chief and Director of Military Africa and Unmanned Africa, the Abuja-based defence publications covering land, air and naval developments, the defence industry and security across the continent. Since 2016 he has written more than 900 articles for Military Africa on African air forces, navies, armies and procurement, alongside opinion and analysis columns, and he reports from major international defence exhibitions.
In January 2026, in the highlands south of Addis Ababa, an aerobatic display marking the 90th anniversary of the Ethiopian...
The first aircraft is already in Texas. A Royal Moroccan Air Force (RMAF) C-130H Hercules sits inside L3Harris Technologies' maintenance...
President Mahamat Idriss Déby has created a new state-owned company tasked with building Chad's first domestic arms industry, a move...
When the Bamako International Defence and Security Exhibition (BAMEX) opens its doors from 9 to 13 November 2026, it will...
The United Arab Emirates' EDGE Group has delivered six ANAVIA HT-100 NAVAL unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to the Angolan Navy,...
Turkish defence company Havelsan and Egypt's Arab Organisation for Industrialisation (AOI) signed a sales agreement for the Hamza-1 unmanned aerial...
China's People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) brought an unusually large and diverse contingent to the El Alamein International Airshow,...
The second edition of Egypt's flagship aerospace event opens at El Alamein International Airport on 8 September 2026, following a...
Burkina Faso's presidency released video footage on 1 September 2026 showing the National Armed Forces (FAN, Forces Armées Nationales) test-firing...
A soldier wearing a Generation 3 (Gen-3) night vision monocular can pick out a human silhouette against Sahelian scrubland at...
Small teams of Ivorian Air Force personnel have been quietly working through their paces at a French airbase in Charente-Maritime,...
Nigeria is on the verge of signing one of the largest single bilateral defence contracts in its recent history. The...
A Russian-made Kronshtadt Orion drone, also known by its developmental name Inokhodets, was reportedly seen flying over Bamako today, with...
A meeting between French Armed Forces Minister Alice Rufo and Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune marked the most concrete step yet...
The MAX Recon is a militarized, heavily armoured derivative of the Toyota Land Cruiser 70 Series, designed for reconnaissance, fire...
From swarm drone attacks on an Aegean mountainside to AI-driven unmanned ground vehicles and a naval combat management ecosystem that...
Togo will acquire four Embraer A-29 Super Tucano light attack aircraft under a €70 million contract to enhance its strike...
Dr Omar Alieu Touray, President of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission, called for an African-funded regional...
The Angolan Navy launched its first BR71 MK II Combattante corvette, the NRA Ekuikui II, in Cherbourg, France, on 4...
For decades, the Nigerian Navy’s identity was defined by the horizon of the Atlantic and the intricate waterways of the...
The Ministry of Defence of Ghana has finalised a contract with Airbus Helicopters for the acquisition of four advanced rotorcraft,...
The Nigerian military is reportedly preparing for the arrival of 12 Kawasaki KV-107 helicopters from Saudi Arabia, a move that...
The Defence Industries Corporation of Nigeria (DICON) recently reached a major milestone in its pursuit of domestic military production through...
Aero Vodochody has initiated a comprehensive African tour for the L-39 Skyfox, formerly known as the L-39NG, to present the...
The security landscape in West Africa faced another test on Sunday, December 7, 2025, when a faction of the Beninese...