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AFRICA’S DEFENCE FUTURE IN A MULTIPOLAR WORLD
Global power is no longer dominated by a small circle of superpowers. Instead, influence is dispersed among competing actors the United States, China,...
RETHINKING HUMAN SECURITY IN AFRICA’S CHANGING DIPLOMATIC LANDSCAPE
Africa’s diplomatic and security thinking is undergoing a quiet but significant shift. By December 2025, escalating conflicts, climate stress, and global geopolitical competition...
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...
Why General C.G. Musa Is the Right Defence Minister for Nigeria—Right Now
President Bola Tinubu’s nomination of General Christopher Gwabin Musa (rtd.) as Minister of Defence comes at a moment when the nation urgently requires...
BORDER SECURITY – LESSONS FROM ECOWAS BORDER MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES
Since its founding in 1975, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has pursued two seemingly conflicting goals: dismantling internal borders to...
NAVAL FORCES EMERGE AS LIFELINES IN GLOBAL HUMANITARIAN RESCUE MISSIONS
Modern navies are increasingly defined not only by their combat power but by their capacity to save lives. From the Mediterranean to the...
CYBER ESPIONAGE WARS: HOW GLOBAL POWERS USE AFRICA AS A BATTLEGROUND
Africa has become the silent front line in a shadow war where global powers wage cyber-espionage campaigns that rival Cold War spy craft...
WOMEN IN DEFENSE INDUSTRIES: INNOVATORS, ENGINEERS, AND LEADERS
The global defense sector, long viewed as a male-dominated arena, is undergoing a profound transformation as women rise to influential roles in innovation,...
ONLINE WAR COLLEGES: CAN AFRICA BENEFIT FROM DIGITAL LEARNING?
Africa’s militaries face a pressing paradox: they are among the most active in the world deployed in over 35 countries against insurgencies, terrorists,...
UNSC DEBATES ON AFRICA: KEY RESOLUTIONS IN FOCUS
As the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) meets amid global instability, Africa’s complex security crises have dominated deliberations, reaffirming the continent’s centrality to...
