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DEFENCE MANUFACTURING CLUSTERS EMERGING IN AFRICA
Africa’s defence manufacturing sector is increasingly organized around specialized industrial clusters, reflecting a strategic effort to strengthen local production capacity amid persistent security...
THE ALGERIAN WAR OF INDEPENDENCE: TACTICAL LESSONS
The Algerian War of Independence (1954–1962) remains one of the most instructive insurgencies of the twentieth century. Fought between the National Liberation Front...
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...
AERIAL REFUELLING IN AFRICA: WHO HAS THE CAPABILITY?
Aerial refuelling transferring fuel between aircraft in mid-flight is one of modern air power’s greatest force multipliers. It extends range, endurance, and flexibility,...
ECOWAS MILITARY INTERVENTION IN NIGER: A TURNING POINT?
The coup d’état in Niger on July 26, 2023, marked a seismic rupture in West Africa’s fragile stability. The Presidential Guard’s detention of...
CELEBRATING 60 YEARS OF DICON: AN OVERVIEW
The Defence Industries Corporation of Nigeria (DICON), established in 1964 by an Act of Parliament in partnership with a German firm, recently marked...
