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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,...
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...
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...
BREAKING BARRIERS: AFRICAN WOMEN REDEFINING DEFENCE LEADERSHIP
Across Africa, a subtle but consequential shift is taking place in one of government’s most guarded spaces: defence ministries. Long treated as the...
AFRICA’S CYBERSECURITY STANDING IN A HIGH-RISK DIGITAL AGE
Africa’s rapid digital expansion has brought economic opportunity, but it has also exposed the continent to escalating cyber threats. By late 2025, Africa...
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 DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE REVOLUTION: DATA CENTRES, FIBRE NETWORKS AND CLOUD HUBS
Africa is undergoing a profound digital transformation in 2025, powered by a surge in data centres, high-capacity fibre networks, and rapidly expanding cloud...
DIPLOMACY, PEACE & CIVIL SECURITY – CROSS-BORDER PEACE PACTS IN EAST AFRICA: SUCCESS OR FAILURE?
From the windswept Karamoja hills to the fishing villages of Lake Victoria, East Africa has spent the last fifteen years signing an alphabet...
AFRICA’S DIGITAL FORTRESS: HOW THE CONTINENT IS BUILDING CYBERSECURITY LAWS IN AN AGE OF RANSOM AND ESPIONAGE
From Cape Town to Cairo, African governments are racing to enact cybersecurity legislation that would have been unthinkable a decade ago. By November...
MODERN MILITARY UNIFORMS BECOME HIGH-TECH SHIELDS FOR THE BATTLEFIELD
Modern military uniforms have undergone a quiet revolution. No longer just fabric patterned for concealment, they now function as high-tech protective systems engineered...
