Nakuru — President Uhuru Kenyatta on Wednesday inaugurated the National Defence University-Kenya, reaffirming his administration’s commitment to empowering the country’s defence, security and governance professionals through the provision of quality training. Speaking during the inauguration ceremony at Lanet in Nakuru County, President Kenyatta emphasized that without high-quality human capital, the pursuit of sustained socio-economic development […]
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The Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo has tasked senior military and high-level participants of Course 30 of the National Defence College to focus attention on recognition of the regional, continental and international ramifications of the threats facing Nigeria and other nations when developing security and defence strategies. He also challenged the NDC participants to be […]
The Nigerian Armed Forces are widening their operations within and outside the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, in order to neutralise the recent threat of terrorists to the capital city. Military sources told the LEADERSHIP that the containment operations which started as a Guards Brigade operation to defend the capital territory had been expanded to cover […]
Addis Abeba — A delegation led by Major General Tesfaye Ayalew, head of deployment unit of the Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF) and coordinator of the temporary security command post in the Somali regional state is in Beledweyne, in the central Somalia. Major General Tesfaye is accompanied by the Somali Regional State Special Forces Commissioner […]
Nairobi — The U.N. peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo has arrested U.N. peacekeeping troops suspected of having opened fire on a Ugandan border post, killing at least two people and injuring 15 others. It’s the latest violent incident involving the U.N.’s mission to the DRC, which has been facing violent protests. In […]
Rwandan forces have dispersed the insurgents, leading to more widespread and audacious insurgent attacks. Government, Rwandan and SADC forces have become more active and effective. But they are not keeping Mocimboa da Praia and Palma districts safe – delaying any chance of Total resuming work until next year at the earliest. This is a growing […]
The Nigerian Army on Friday announced the appointment of new General Officers Commanding its divisions in Kaduna, Enugu, Lagos and Ibadan as well as some new Corps Commanders in a bid to tackle the rising insecurity/violent security threats in the country. The General Officer,’s Commanding (GOCs) are Major General Umar Tamar Musa, GOC 82 division, […]
Nairobi — President Uhuru Kenyatta is on Friday expected to preside over the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) consecration, presentation, and trooping of colours by the 21 Battalion, the Kenya Rifles. The military event will take place at the Ulinzi Sports Complex – Lang’ata. The Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA) has since announced the temporal closure […]
The Chief of Army Staff, Faruk Yahaya, approved the posting and appointment of some top officers to command, instructional and staff positions across formations and units. Hours after the leadership of the Nigerian military told President Muhammadu Buhari that it had adopted a ‘new strategy’ to tackle the insecurity in the country, the army announced […]
An unknown number of soldiers were said to have been killed on Thursday night by Boko Haram terrorists stormed an Army checkpoint around Zuma Rock, the border between FCT and Niger State. Sources said the terrorists arrived Zuma Rock on the axis of Madalla and Suleija along the Abuja-Kaduna highway, at about 8.30p.m., and took […]
The latest attack on the military checkpoint comes a few days after terrorists launched a similar attack on presidential guards in Abuja. Gunmen are currently engaging troops of the Nigerian Army in a shootout in Madalla, Niger State, Punch Newspaper reports. According to the report, the terrorists stormed the Zuma Rock checkpoint, close to Zuma […]
Countries in the Sahel need to collaborate to stem the tide of weapons flowing through Niger. Arms and ammunition seizures by security forces in Niger’s Agadez and Tahoua regions between January 2021 and February 2022 helped dismantle trafficking networks in the country. This is positive, but what do the seizures say about the extent of […]
Nakuru — Peter Njiru has been sworn in as the new Kenya Army Commander in a ceremony witnessed by President Kenyatta at State House Nakuru. The swearing-in ceremony of President Kenyatta’s former Aide de Camp on Wednesday was attended by the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) top brass led by Chief of Defence Forces Robert Kibochi. […]
15 soldiers and three civilians were killed in two coordinated attacks by Islamists in southwest Mali on Wednesday, the army said. This was the third attack in a week after al-Qaeda-linked militants set off two car bombs targeting Mali’s main military base outside the capital, Bamako, on Friday, a day after a series of insurgent […]
This comes barely two months after the Army announced the rescue of one other girl from the Chibok girls group abducted by Boko Haram in 2014. Troops of the 202 Battalion of the Nigerian Army have announced the rescue of four ladies, two of whom are believed to be amongst the abducted Chibok girls. The […]
Warplanes were said to have carried out airstrikes last night in the Toora-Toorow area of the Lower Shabelle region, where Al-Shabaab militants are based. The air raid is reported to have targeted Al-Shabaab members in a base. Also, the news adds to this that the Somali armed forces swept into Tooratoorow, after which they carried […]
Two Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) soldiers have been slapped with a 20-year-jail term each following conviction for murder. Jethro Rondodzani and Edson Chawira were convicted by High Court judge Justice Lucy Mungwari following a full trial during which they showed no remorse beating to death one Tafadzwa Saidi in 2018.. Mungwari ruled it was clear […]
A key member of the clique that planned and executed President Robert Mugabe’s ouster through a 2017 coup has said his successor Emmerson Mnangagwa will not cede power to deputy Constantino Chiwenga as was allegedly planned. Godfrey Tsenengamu, who was eventually chased out of the ruling party following his continued pursuit of Mnangagwa benefactor Kudakwashe […]