Flags are flying half-mast in South Africa as bodies of deceased soldiers are being repatriated, but questions about the ...

Senegalese president Bassirou Diomaye Faye announced on 31 December 2024 that all foreign military bases in his country would close by 2025. On the same day, the Ivorian president said France ...

No, I’m not talking about Donald Trump, but rather his wily South African analog, Jacob Zuma, whose tenure as president from 2009 to 2018 presented an existential threat to the continent’s most solid ...

A South African defence expert, Helmoed Heitman, says the Southern African Development Community mission in DR Congo (SAMIDRC) is a complete failure and the bloc should negotiate its withdrawal.

They may be on opposite sides of the Congolese battlefield only by proxy, but Pretoria and Kigali are now trading ...

Rwanda-backed rebels who have captured eastern Congo’s largest city say they plan to take their rebellion to the capital and ...

Naspers is South Africa’s most valuable company, and its most notable asset is Prosus, which, in turn, has a large ...

Besides, its two largest trade partners on the continent are Nigeria and South Africa – countries with which it has no military ties. Still, the closure of French bases on the continent ...

Gen Rudzani Maphwanya has said the Congolese armed forces (FARDC) fired rockets into Rwanda. Maphwanya appeared before a parliamentary committee along with defence minister Angie Motshekga to explain ...

Although Israel’s relations in Africa have evolved through various stages, notably the beginning and golden era in the late ...

The South African National Defence Force will repatriate the remains of the 14 soldiers who died in an ambush at an airport ...

U.S. military bases around the world have celebrated Black History Month and similar events for decades. Now, Hegseth says "Identity Months" are "Dead at DoD." ...