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DEFENCE DIPLOMACY AS A TOOL OF AFRICAN SOFT POWER
As global geopolitics grows more complex, African states are increasingly turning to defence diplomacy as a strategic instrument for advancing peace, civil security,...
CYBER COMMAND STRUCTURES ACROSS AFRICAN ARMED FORCES
African militaries are increasingly treating cyberspace as a core national security domain alongside land, sea, air, and space. Rising incidents of ransomware, espionage,...
SHADOWS ACROSS BORDERS: AFRICA’S BATTLE AGAINST CROSS-BORDER BANDITRY AND EMERGING SECURITY STRATEGIES
Cross-border banditry has become one of West Africa’s most destabilising security challenges, blurring the line between organised crime and insurgency while displacing hundreds...
THE DAWN OF VIGILANT SKIES: AFRICA’S EMERGING AIRBORNE EARLY WARNING CAPABILITIES
Africa’s airspace is undergoing a strategic transformation as a growing number of states invest in airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) systems. Once...
THE RISE OF AFRICAN AIRBORNE EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS
As security threats across Africa grow more complex, a quiet transformation is underway in the continent’s air forces. Increasingly, African nations are investing...
BENEATH THE SURFACE: AFRICA’S UNDERSEA CABLES AND RISING NATIONAL SECURITY RISKS
Africa’s digital economy depends on infrastructure that few citizens ever see. Thousands of kilometers of submarine fiber-optic cables lie on the ocean floor,...
URBAN WARFARE PREPAREDNESS IN AFRICAN CITIES
Africa’s cities are rapidly becoming central to the continent’s security challenges. With the urban population projected to approach 1.5 billion by 2050 and...
DEFENCE OFFSETS AND LOCAL MANUFACTURING: ARE AFRICANS BENEFITING?
Defence offsets have become a central feature of global arms procurement, particularly for developing economies seeking returns beyond hardware deliveries. Under these arrangements,...
THE RISE OF ELECTRONIC SURVEILLANCE IN AFRICAN MILITARIES
African militaries are rapidly expanding their use of electronic surveillance as they confront insurgencies, cross-border crime, terrorism, and maritime insecurity. From AI-enabled cameras...
GLOBAL SECURITY WATCH: IRAN–ISRAEL TENSIONS AND STRATEGIC SIGNALS FOR AFRICA
The brief but intense Iran–Israel confrontation of June 2025 marked a turning point in global security calculations. The twelve-day exchange sparked by Israeli...
