November 30
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Pakistani Warship Docks in Sudan's Port
Sudan Tribune
A Pakistani warship arrived on Thursday at Sudan's Red Sea port of Port Sudan as part of what the authorities described as routine visits while the planned arrival of Iranian... Read more »
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Bandits Shoot Dead Pokot Goatherd
The Star
An eight-year-old nursery school pupil was yesterday shot dead by armed cattle rustlers in Kases village on the volatile Pokot-Turkana border. Read more »
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Four Aliens Held for 'Banditry'
Daily News
LAW enforcement officers in Dar es Salaam Special Police Zone have arrested nine suspected bandits with seven firearms and 75 rounds of ammunition in two separate operations... Read more »
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AfricaFocus
"The 'International community' invested in an army, but after all these years the FARDC [Congolese national army] has remained much more a part of the problem then a part of the... Read more »
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Leadership
The Nigerian Navy on Thursday in Lagos announced the promotion of 19 Commodores to the rank of Rear Admiral. Read more »
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Armed Forces FC Set for African Military Tourney
Daily Observer
The Gambia Armed Forces (GAF) FC will leave the country this Sunday for Ivory Coast where they will join 11 other Military football teams in the African Military football... Read more »
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Water Harvesting Project to Reduce Conflict in Jonglei Launched [press release]
GoSS
Government of the Republic of South Sudan and its partners have launched a three-year project to harvest water in Jonglei, one South Sudan's most conflict-prone states, in which... Read more »
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Vanguard
The Navy Board has approved the promotion of 112 senior officers to various ranks. According to the Director of Naval Information, Commodore Kabir Aliyu, 19 Commodores were... Read more »
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Navy Names New 19 Rear Admirals, 40 Commodores
Daily Trust
The Naval headquarters yesterday announced the promotion of 19 commodores to rear admirals and 40 captains to commodores. Read more »
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Army Trains Central African Republic Special Force
Leadership
Five officers of the Central African Republic (CAR) Special Force have completed a 14 week training programme at the Nigerian Army School of Infantry in Jaji, Kaduna State. Read more »
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Somalia - Puntland Leader Receives Huge Welcome in Bossaso
Garowe Online
President Farole began his road trip to Bossaso visiting the towns of Waiye and Armo on Wednesday. The Puntland leader leading a delegation of military officials, cabinet officials... Read more »
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Anseba Region - ENWVA Extends More Than Three Million Nakfa in Support of 160 Members
Shabait
The Eritrean National War-disabled Veterans Association (ENWVA) branch in Anseba region indicated that it has extended material and financial support to 160 members within the last... Read more »
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Soldiers Attack MDC Members in Zhombe [press release]
MDC
Scores of MDC members have been injured after they were attacked by armed soldiers at a rally at Empress Business Centre in Zhombe, Midlands North province. The rowdy soldiers are... Read more »
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The Army and Detimbir Chia [opinion]
Daily Trust
It was a tragic and sad day for the Nigerian army. An aircraft carrying eighteen of its generals to Obudu Cattle Ranch in Cross River State crashed at Ngokugh hills of Benue State.... Read more »
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Observer
Forty-three army officers from six countries were yesterday passed out at the Senior Command and Staff College Kimaka, in Jinja. Read more »
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LRA War - Problem Kids Refuse to Leave Streets
Observer
Most people displaced by war prefer to return home when peace returns. But in Gulu, which bore the harshest brunt of the rebel Lord's Resistance Army insurgency, a group of... Read more »
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The Army Has a Duty to Keep Kenya Secure [opinion]
The Star
The recent murder of several security officers by unknown people in Suguta Valley in Baragoi and the shooting of three military officers in Garissa are indications of a serious... Read more »
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Army Orders Illegal Occupants Out of Jaji
Leadership
Following the bombing of a church located within the premises of Command and Staff College, Jaji, the Chief of Army Staff, Lt Gen Azubike Ihejirika, yesterday, in Asaba asked all... Read more »
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TPDF Identifies Strange Object As Fallen Satellite
Daily News
EXPERTS from the Tanzania People's Defence Forces (TPDF) have established that a strange object which was picked by residents in Ngara District is in fact a Satellite. Read more »
November 29
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Kabila in a Catch-22 With M23 [analysis]
African Arguments
As reported last week, the DRC's Eastern city of Goma fell on Tuesday November 20th. The next day M23 took Sake, 25 km to the west. Many people now expected this to be the first... Read more »
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Hurdles to Govt-Boko Haram Dialogue [analysis]
IRIN
Attempts by the Nigerian government and the Boko Haram militia to peacefully resolve a three-year-old insurgency by the Islamist group have thus far floundered, dashing hopes of an... Read more »
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Growing Humanitarian Needs in Goma
IRIN
When clashes broke out on 22 November between the M23 rebels and government-allied Mai Mai militias in the town of Sake, near the Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) border with... Read more »
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Landmine Casualty Rate Dropping
IRIN
Amid the odd relapse, progress towards a world free of antipersonnel mines is inching forward. A decade ago, the weapon was responsible for at least 32 casualties daily; by 2011,... Read more »
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Chief of Defence Staff Raises Jaji Blasts Probe Panel
Daily Trust
The Chief of Defence Staff, Admiral Ola Sa'ad Ibrahim, has set up a panel of inquiry to investigate the recent twin blasts at a church in Jaji Military Cantonment. Read more »
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PM Hailemariam - Ethiopian Troops Will Remain in Somalia Until AU Takeover
Shabelle
Ethiopian troops will remain in Somalia until African Union forces fighting Islamists can take over, Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn said Wednesday, as he met with his Somali... Read more »
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