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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...
TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER: WHAT AFRICA GAINS FROM GLOBAL DEFENCE PARTNERSHIPS
As geopolitical alliances realign, African countries are rethinking how they secure their borders and how they build their economies. Defence partnerships that once...
THE NEW WATCHTOWERS: HOW SURVEILLANCE TOWERS AND DRONES BECAME CENTRAL TO MODERN BORDER CONTROL
Along the Arizona–Mexico border, a 160-foot steel structure Autonomous Surveillance Tower (AST) 217 stands as part of a network of 472 fixed towers...
SKIES OF ALLIANCE: HOW JOINT AIR EXERCISES RESHAPED GLOBAL AEROSPACE SECURITY IN 2025
From July 10 to August 8, 2025, the U.S. Pacific Air Forces ran Resolute Force Pacific (REFORPAC), the largest air contingency exercise ever...
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...
AFRICAN AIR FORCES RISE TO THE FOREFRONT IN COUNTERTERRORISM OPERATIONS
Across the vast and volatile regions of Africa, air forces once limited to ceremonial roles or basic transport duties are emerging as pivotal...
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...
SYSTEMS & TECHNOLOGY – AFRICAN SATELLITE PROGRAMS: STRATEGIC GAME CHANGERS?
Across Africa’s 30 million square kilometers where borders stretch thin and climate shocks intensify satellite technology is rapidly becoming both guardian and economic...
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,...
