A UN peacekeeper from Zambia has been killed in an attack in the Central African Republic. The UN said on Tuesday that the attack occurred Friday close to the Central African Republic’s ...

Former South African schoolteacher Anet Coetzee was lying in bed early one Sunday morning in 2023 when a double-barreled ...

White crosses are seen at the Witkruis Monument, near Polokwane, South Africa, Saturday, May 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Mogomotsi ...

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Convened by Kenya’s Ministry of Interior and National Administration and the Regional Center on Small Arms and Light Weapons (RECSA), a Nairobi-based intergovernmental organization, the five-day ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Even as it pounds Ukraine, Russia is expanding its military footprint in Africa, delivering sophisticated weaponry to sub-Saharan conflict zones where a Kremlin-controlled armed ...

In addition, according to the WP, Ukrainian intelligence reportedly prevented weapons from being loaded onto a Russian cargo aircraft that visited South Africa in 2022. In August, while the Russian ...

Meanwhile, Beijing is expanding its footprint in Africa with a combination of military aid, training and arms sales in ways that experts warn could erode US influence.

Africa Corps is under direct command of the Russian defense ministry. According to U.S. officials, there are around 2,000 mercenaries in Mali. It is unclear how many are with Wagner and how many ...

The United States has warned its citizens to exercise extreme caution when travelling to South Africa due to violent crime, kidnappings, and terrorist attacks.

The Ukrainian side passed this information to the United States, after which the U.S. ambassador to South Africa made a public protest in May 2023. In addition, the sources note, Ukrainian ...