DRC adopts Israeli-made assault rifles for Special Forces

by Kazim Abdul

September 15, 2023

Small Arms & Light Weapons

RSF fighters acquire Israeli IWI Galil ACE 31 carbines

August 11, 2023

Defence Industry

Algeria embarks on manufacturing heavy Chinese weaponry

June 28, 2023

Small Arms & Light Weapons

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ARMY 2020 EXPO: Kalashnikov showcase its new 5.56×45 mm AK-19 assault rifle

by Military Africa

September 4, 2020

Russian Kalashnikov Concern (part of Rostec state corporation) has showcased at the ARMY 2020 expo which is taking place in...

Small Arms & Light Weapons

Libya: LNA attacks Turkish arms ship with rockets

by Darek Liam

February 22, 2020

Forces of the Libyan National Army (LNA) has confirmed that it has attacked a Turkish ship in Tripoli's Seaport, suspected...

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Why the Kalashinikov AK-47 Rifle is so popular in Africa.

by Ekene Lionel

January 8, 2020 - Updated on January 9, 2020

The Kalashnikov AK-47 has been in all conflict in Africa since the 1950s. The reputation of the AK-47 was depicted...

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(FILES) A file photo taken on April 16, 2014 shows people watching a convoy of French troops of the Sangaris forces driving between Grimari and Bambari, in the center of the Central African Republic. On December 5, 2013 an explosion of hatred spreads through the capital Bangui. Hundreds of corpses lay in the streets before the lauch of the French military operation, called Sangaris. A year later, large scale massacres have stoppped in Central Africa, but the country is ruined and torn apart. AFP PHOTO / MIGUEL MEDINA

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Cameroon receives large cache of Chinese weapons ahead of renewed Ambazonian offensive

by Kazim Abdul

September 25, 2019 - Updated on November 3, 2020

Cameroonian soldiers currently fighting the Ambazonian Defense Force, a separatist movement, has received a large consignment of weapons from China....

Small Arms & Light Weapons

Senegal procures 2,200 U.S. M4 carbines worth $1.6 million

by Darek Liam

July 30, 2019

The United States has just completed the delivery of 2,200 M4 carbines to the Senegalese military through its Foreign Military...

Security

Central African Republic receives donated arms from China and US

by Patrick Kenyette

August 18, 2018 - Updated on January 9, 2020

Barely few months after the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) denied the Central African Republic from receiving donated ammunition from China,...