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17 July

French Army Leaves Senegal Ending Military Presence in West Africa

France handed back its last two military bases in Senegal, leaving the French army with no permanent camps in West and Central Africa.

17 July

Africa

Staff Writer With AFP

Paramilitary Shelling on Camp Kills 8 in Sudan’s Darfur: Rescuers

Paramilitary forces shelled a displacement camp in Sudan's Darfur region, killing eight civilians and injuring others, a local rescue group said.

17 July

Africa

Staff Writer With AFP

Clashes Between Rival Somali Militias Kill 8

Clashes between pro-government and separatist militias in a northeastern Somali region have killed at least eight people.

16 July

Africa

Giulia Bernacchi

Morocco Contracts L3Harris for C-130 Modernization

L3Harris Technologies has secured a contract to upgrade several C-130 aircraft for the Royal Moroccan Air Force.

16 July

Africa

Men sit and lie outside tents and shelters pitched at the Hasahisa secondary school on July 10, 2023, which has been made into a make-shift camp to house the internally displaced fleeing violence in war-torn Sudan

Staff Writer With AFP

Ethiopian Militias Raid Sudan Border Villages: Farmers, Activists

Sudanese farmers and activists said that Ethiopian militias had conducted cross-border raids on agricultural villages.

15 July

Africa

Sudanese soldiers seen in a convoy escorting Bashir back to prison after his appearance in court in Khartoum in August, 2019.

Staff Writer With AFP

Paramilitary Attack Kills 48 in Central Sudan Village: War Monitor

Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces killed 48 civilians in an attack on a village in the center of the war-torn country.

14 July

Africa

Soldiers sit in a truck on the main road of the Electoral Commission, in Accra, Ghana

Giulia Bernacchi

Ghana Eyes Ukrainian Drones, Explores Manufacturing Partnership

Kyiv has announced that Ghana is interested in acquiring Ukrainian drones for border surveillance and security near the Sahel region.

10 July

Africa

Malian Defense Forces soldiers look on in Timbuktu

Giulia Bernacchi

Sahel Militants Turning Hobby Drones Into Kamikaze Weapons, ISS Warns

Armed groups in the Central Sahel are increasingly modifying off‑the‑shelf civilian drones to carry explosives and execute suicide-style attacks, the Institute for Security Studies reported.

8 July

Africa

Staff Writer With AFP

Al-Shabaab and Somali Army Clash Over Strategic Town

Fighting was ongoing between Somalia's army and the Al-Shabaab Islamist group over a strategic town in the country's central region.

7 July

Africa

Giulia Bernacchi

Nigeria Unveils First Compressed Natural Gas‑Powered Vehicles

Nigeria has rolled out its first fleet of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) vehicles for the armed forces.

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