“We lost two of our men,” said one Benin military official after the post in Porga in Atacora region was attacked in the early hours
The military has squeezed the press since taking power in a February coup, arresting dozens of journalists critical of its crackdown
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle made a red carpet appearance at the 2021 Salute to Freedom gala Wednesday, 10 November.
The European Union sent 1 100 soldiers to the country in September and officially kicked off their mission on Wednesday
Sudan’s Prime Minister,Hamdok, according to the statement, demanded that the situation in Sudan return to what it was before the coup
“We strongly believe the attackers are part of the sleeper cells in the country, […] with the Islamic State,” Enanga said
Last week, Ethiopia’s air force carried out 8 strikes on targets which the government said were military in nature and aiding the TPLF
France – which intervened in Mali, has thousands of troops in the country – views talks with jihadist groups as anathema
Iraq by convention has had a Shiite Muslim prime minister, a Sunni parliament speaker and a Kurdish president.
India has blamed the tensions on what it calls unilateral moves by China to “alter the status quo”, in violation of existing agreements.
Taiwan-China situation intensifies as US have been training Taiwan military maintaining an ambiguous commitment to defend Taiwan
Last year, a record 380 Chinese military jets made incursions into Taiwan’s defence zone. The number as of October, has already exceeded 600
Meanwhile, Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama visited Kosovo on Monday and labelled Serbia’s latest moves “theatrical military maneuvers”.
“Some bandits who escaped from Zamfara are fleeing to Sagal mountains which has been a bandit enclave due to its difficult terrain.”
Lebanon condemned the strikes as an “escalation” that could mark a change of tactics by Israel, while UN peacekeepers urged restraint.
Among the first members of parliament to be detained was an elected official convicted by a military court in 2018 of criticising the army.
Retiring SANDF Chief General Solly Shoke congratulated troops for their work during Covid-19 but put badly behaved soldiers on notice
The military skills development (MSD) is the SANDF’s major contribution to providing employment as per the National Development Plan 2030.
The spending of around R260,59 million on a Cuban drug for use by South African soldiers and other defence force personnel to fight the coronavirus will be the subject of a thorough investigation.
Compensation of employees (CoE) is the single largest expenditure item on the defence budget.
The ANC in KZN and the MKMVA KZN PEC have distanced themselves from the planned protests
As many as 19 R4 rifles were stolen from the Lyttelton SANDF base in Pretoria back in December 2019
The US military is tight-lipped about exactly what its elite forces do in each country, but special operators have long conducted missions that range from capture-or-kill commando raids to training missions
The two soldiers, accused of cleaning out a military base in Pretoria of an arsenal of weapons, will appear in court again in early May.
SANDF members who were arrested in connection with the Lyttelton weapons theft, will reappear in court on 10 March after their release from custody on Friday.