The Malian Air Force has ordered a second Airbus C295W transport aircraft, the company announced on 2 December. The aircraft is slated for delivery in 2021 and will join the C295W that entered Malian service […]
N’DJAMENA (GDC) – Israel and Chad have renewed diplomatic ties that were severed in 1972. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu landed in the country on Sunday morning for a quick visit, the first of its kind […]
Morocco has become the latest Arab League country to agree to normalise relations with Israel in a deal brokered with US help. As part of the deal, the US has agreed to recognise Morocco’s claim […]
The first Russian fourth-generation Su-57 fighters will fly in Africa. Previously, GDC has reported that Algeria has signed a $ 2 billion contract with Russia to purchase 14 of these aircraft. However, Russia cannot confirm a […]
The Royal Moroccan Army will procure 30 French-made Nexter CAESAR 155mm 6×6 self-propelled howitzers. The Army Recognition website reported that Morocco confirmed the acquisition in an article published in the Royal Moroccan Armed Forces magazine […]
Turkish company Otokar will supply the East African state with 100 Arma 8×8 and Cobra II 4×4 tactical wheeled armored vehicles, the report says. Turkish news reported that Uganda is the African customer that will […]
The Ethiopian military will begin the “final phase” of an offensive in the northern Tigray region, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has said in a statement, hours after an ultimatum for the Tigrayan forces to surrender […]
Algeria has signed a contract to buy 14 Russian Sukhoi Su-57 bombers as the arms race with its neighbour Morocco intensifies, a Moroccan MINA news site reported. Media outlets quoted Russia’s Sputnik as saying that the government […]
The Su-27 Flanker and the MiG-29 Fulcrum were both designed and built by Russia to fight a war side-by-side. With the fall of the Berlin Wall, that conflict didn’t happen. However, the two Russian fighters […]
Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed declares that the war in the Tigray Region has entered its “final phase”. The conflict broke out on November 4 when the country’s central government accused the region’s local authorities of holding “illegal” […]
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