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Al-Shabaab reportedly overran another KDF military base
Note: this is a rolling post, that will be updated as more information is released or otherwise becomes available. All too familiar sounding details emerge In the early […]
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Photo Essays
Making sense of a bizarre firefight in Somalia
In the middle of 2015, Harakat al-Shabaab al-Mujahideen, best known as al-Shabaab, was about to unleash several noteworthy and significant attacks on AMISOM forces across […]
Strategy
Trump and African defence: could mean anything
The surprise victory by Donald Trump today signalled a startling new direction in American politics. Although full of patriotic, nationalistic zeal, the world is only […]
Strategy
The Future of SANDF Peacekeeping
The SANDF appears to show no signs of slowing down its international peacekeeping responsibilities. As the state calls upon the military to contribute abroad, it appears […]
News
African Peace Operations: Time to Adjust the Design
Established in 2003 through the adoption of the “Policy Framework for the Establishment of the African Standby Force and the MilitaryStaff Committee”, the ASF was to […]
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Regional force plans to combat Boko Haram come together
It appears that attention after the Baga attack may have contributed to jumpstarting renewed regional, multinational efforts to countering Boko Haram. Significant and […]
Strategy
The Year of Hard Choices for SANDF
The end of 2014 saw a surge in activity for many conflicts on the continent, and with it, a changing South African National Defence Force (SANDF). The country’s […]
Strategy
Africa Offshore: Maritime Security Update
Moving offshore briefly, African Defence Review attended the Maritime and Coastal Security Africa conference and chatted to Rear Admiral Ben Bekkering from the Dutch […]
Photo Essays
The Last Days of M23
It was an assault that few DRC cynics thought possible. Last week, with the assistance of the United Nations’s newly established Force Intervention Brigade, troops […]
News
FIB's War on M23 could be heating up
G5s to DRC? Since the outbreak of fighting in August, the Force Intervention Brigade (FIB) has been relatively quiet in the Eastern DRC. Likewise the M23, who since being […]
Podcast
Land Forces Africa, Day 2
Land Forces Africa 2013 concluded its seminars and exhibition portion today, and ADR attended some of the excellent presentations held at the CSIR Convention Centre. In […]