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Top 10 African Military Operations that changed Regional Dynamics
In Africa’s modern history, few events reshape the political and security landscape as profoundly as military operations. These are not just battlefield manoeuvres—they...
From Peacekeeping to Power Projection: How Africa’s Military Footprint is Evolving
For decades, Africa’s militaries were cast as peacekeepers — stabilising broken states, containing insurgencies, and upholding foreign mandates under United Nations or African...
Inside Africa’s Defence Diplomacy Archives: Treaties, Pacts and Strategic Alliances
Inside war rooms and presidential palaces across Africa, a quieter battlefield has long defined the continent’s security trajectory — not one of boots...
The Rise of Regional Defence Blocs: Lessons from ECOWAS and SADC Models
In a continent where borders are porous and threats are transnational, no single nation can secure itself in isolation. As Africa grapples with...
A Decade of African Defence Reforms: Key Milestones from 2015 to 2025
In the past ten years, Africa’s defence architecture has undergone one of its most ambitious transformations since independence. Driven by rising insecurity, shifting...
Post-Independence Coups and the Military’s Role in Nation-Building
In the euphoric aftermath of independence, African capitals echoed with speeches of sovereignty and visions of a new dawn. But within a few...
Africa’s Forgotten Warriors: Revisiting Indigenous Military Traditions
In the popular imagination of global military history, Africa is often depicted as a continent of tribal skirmishes and colonial conquest—passive in war,...
The Cold War and African Armies: How Superpower Rivalries Shaped Today’s Forces
When the guns of empire went silent across Africa in the 1950s and 60s, they were quickly replaced by new weapons, new uniforms—and...
Historic Military Campaigns That Redefined African Borders
Africa’s borders, as they stand today, are often seen as the legacy of European cartography—a network of straight lines drawn in colonial capitals...
From Askaris to Nation Builders: African Soldiers in World Wars I & II
They marched in British khaki through the jungles of Burma, carried rifles for the French in the hills of Alsace, and hauled heavy...
