Africa’s military might has evolved over the years, with several nations strengthening their defence capabilities and widening their ...

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Africa’s top military powers for 2025 have been unveiled, with Egypt maintaining its dominance and Nigeria climbing to the third position in the latest Global Firepower Index. Contents1. Egypt– Global ...

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Morocco and The Gambia have signed a memorandum of understanding on military cooperation. The agreement was announced on October 30, 2025, during an official visit to Rabat by Gambian Defense Minister ...

Nigeria has experienced at least nine coups and attempted coups between 1966 and 1995. The last major scare came in 1997, ...

But the military takeover in Madagascar marks only the second coup in that period to take place outside of the Sahel region, stretching from the Atlantic to the Horn of Africa — a signal that ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) I lead a research team that compiles the Colpus Dataset of coup types and ...