Africa General Military& Security News

Military Parade in Eritrea

On 2 August 2019, a military parade was held in Eritrea in honor of the 25th anniversary of the founding of the Eritrean army’s military training base in Sava. The base is located in a remote semi-desert area in the west of the country. Sava is honored as the cornerstone of the nation-building process. The entire population of the country - both men and women aged 18-50 years old are required to undergo initial military training (6 months) and active service (year).













https://bmpd.livejournal.com/3726103.html

Senior diplomat rejects NYT report on ‘Russian fighters’ in Libya

There are no grounds for such claims and speculation, Sergei Ryabkov said

TEL AVIV, November 7. /TASS/. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov has refuted a report by The New York Times that dozens of Russian fighters have allegedly arrived in Libya.

"I strongly reject this sort of speculation. We are acting in the interests of the Libyan settlement, we are supporting respective efforts, including by the United Nations, and we maintain dialogue with those who somehow influence the situation. We believe there are no grounds for such claims and speculation," Ryabkov told Russian reporters during his working visit to Israel.

The high-ranking diplomat noted that this is not the first time when US media outlets publish "various fairy tales, vicious rumors and speculation" about Russia.

"We are accustomed to this, we treat this calmly, although I have to note that this fake news exerts negative influence on the US domestic audience’s mood and unfortunately, the entire climate in the US does not contribute to normalizing our ties, what we are striving for," he noted.

The New York Times reported that about 200 Russian fighters had arrived in Libya in the last six weeks "as part of a broad campaign by the Kremlin to reassert its influence across the Middle East and Africa."

https://tass.com/politics/1087343

Three Armed Americans Killed in Al-Shabaab Attack on a Kenyan Military Base.


Several planes also destroyed.

https://bnonews.com/index.php/2020/01/al-shabaab-militants-attack-military-base-in-kenya/?fbclid=IwAR2Iv4ljdIfwo2cP2mM9zkWePlgFvt4jtjMZCOXlybxDM9yKzucsvVDWdhQ

Kenya received the first C-27J aircraft

Kenya became the 14th recipient of C-27J aircraft, and the fourth on the African continent (after Morocco, Chad and Zambia).

It is reported that during 2020, the Kenyan Air Force should also receive, in the manner of American military assistance, three light transport aircraft C-145A Skytruck (PZL M28 Polish production) from the presence of the US Air Force.

https://bmpd.livejournal.com/3935880.html

Chad's President Idriss Déby has died suddenly in clashes with rebels in the north of the country at the weekend, the army has said on state TV.

On Monday, provisional results from the election on 11 April projected he would win a sixth term in office, with 80% of the vote.

The government and parliament have been dissolved. A military council will govern for the next 18 months.

Mr Déby, 68, was one of Africa's longest-serving leaders.

He first came to power in an armed uprising in 1990.

Mr Déby "breathed his last defending the sovereign nation on the battlefield", an army general said in a statement read out on state TV.

He had gone to the front line at the weekend to visit troops battling rebels based across the border in Libya.

The military council will be led by the late president's son, Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno, 37, a four-star general.

The rebels, from a group calling itself Fact (the Front for Change and Concord in Chad), attacked a border post on election day. They were advancing on the capital, N'Djamena, several hundred kilometres to the south.

The clashes with the army began on Saturday. An army general told Reuters news agency that 300 insurgents were killed and 150 captured. Five government soldiers were killed and 36 were injured, he said. The figures could not immediately be verified.

Mr Déby was a long-time ally of France and other Western powers in the battle against jihadist groups in the Sahel region of Africa. However, there has been growing unhappiness over his government's management of Chad's oil resources.

During the election he campaigned on a platform of bringing peace and security to the region.

Mr Déby "breathed his last defending the sovereign nation on the battlefield", an army general said in a statement read out on state TV.

He had gone to the front line at the weekend to visit troops battling rebels based across the border in Libya.

The military council will be led by the late president's son, Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno, 37, a four-star general.

The rebels, from a group calling itself Fact (the Front for Change and Concord in Chad), attacked a border post on election day. They were advancing on the capital, N'Djamena, several hundred kilometres to the south.

The clashes with the army began on Saturday. An army general told Reuters news agency that 300 insurgents were killed and 150 captured. Five government soldiers were killed and 36 were injured, he said. The figures could not immediately be verified.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-56815708.amp

Dude was probably killed by rebels, just not the rebels he sought after. Nevertheless, he really brought his country's name to life with his death. May many others of his stature follow in his steps and off themselves on the field, instead of just the poors.