When it comes to military strength, raw numbers, such as the number of active personnel and defense budgets, dominate headlines. ・A new analysis reveals that defense budgets and large troop numbers do ...

The Chief of the General Staff of the Angolan Armed Forces (FAA), Air Force General Altino dos Santos, said Tuesday in Luanda that African military leaders remain committed to defending the peace, ...

Nigeria, African Union (AU) and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Sunday condemned an attempted military takeover in Benin Republic. They gave the condemnation as confusion and ...

Many African nations in the Sahel region have welcomed the opportunity with Russia. African nations have built a budding relationship with Russia, securing multi-billion dollar military deals that ...

There are fifty-four (54) fully recognised sovereign states in Africa according to the United Nations and the African Union. Nine out of these countries are under military government due to insecurity ...

WASHINGTON, Feb 10 (Reuters) - The United States is planning to send about 200 troops to Nigeria to train the African nation's military to fight Islamist militants, a U.S. official said on Tuesday, ...