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AIR & AEROSPACE – AIR DEFENCE SYSTEMS IN AFRICA: AN UNFINISHED BUSINESS
By December 2025, Africa’s air defence picture remains uneven, shaped by rising aerial threats and limited capacity to counter them. While a handful...
THE RED SEA AND HORN OF AFRICA: HOTSPOTS OF MARITIME CONFLICT
By December 2025, the Red Sea and the Horn of Africa sit at the center of a widening maritime security crisis. Political conflict,...
LAND & ARMY – AFRICA’S ELITE ARMY UNITS: WHO SETS THE STANDARD?
By late 2025, Africa’s elite army units stand at the sharp end of the continent’s security response. From counterinsurgency campaigns to border security...
INDUSTRY – DEFENCE PROCUREMENT SCANDALS IN AFRICA: LESSONS LEARNED
Defence procurement scandals have left a deep mark on Africa’s security landscape. Over the past three decades, flawed and corrupt arms deals have...
TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER: WHAT AFRICA GAINS FROM GLOBAL DEFENCE PARTNERSHIPS
As geopolitical alliances realign, African countries are rethinking how they secure their borders and how they build their economies. Defence partnerships that once...
THE NEW WATCHTOWERS: HOW SURVEILLANCE TOWERS AND DRONES BECAME CENTRAL TO MODERN BORDER CONTROL
Along the Arizona–Mexico border, a 160-foot steel structure Autonomous Surveillance Tower (AST) 217 stands as part of a network of 472 fixed towers...
SKIES OF ALLIANCE: HOW JOINT AIR EXERCISES RESHAPED GLOBAL AEROSPACE SECURITY IN 2025
From July 10 to August 8, 2025, the U.S. Pacific Air Forces ran Resolute Force Pacific (REFORPAC), the largest air contingency exercise ever...
AFRICA’S ROBOTICS REVOLUTION ON THE BATTLEFIELD
Across Africa’s conflict zones from the Sahel’s desert plains to the forests of the Democratic Republic of Congo a quiet technological shift is...
AFRICA’S DEFENCE INDUSTRIES AT A TURNING POINT
Africa’s defence industries stand at a critical moment. Although the continent spends over $40 billion annually on arms procurement, less than 2% of...
SYSTEMS & TECHNOLOGY – THE CASE FOR SMART BORDERS IN AFRICA
On the continent of Africa, vast and varied landscape, borders often act as both gateways to opportunity and barriers to progress. As countries...
