[ad_1] The meeting did not take place in a large African city, but thousands of kilometers away, in Beijing, China on the occasion of the first China-Africa Forum on Defense and Security. …
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[ad_1] Editor 's note: This is part of a series of articles on Chinese involvement in Africa. Since late June, senior military officials from Mali, Sierra Leone, South Sudan and dozens of …
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[ad_1] Posted on: July 12, 2018 07:00 KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) – Uganda is deploying military escorts and buying armored trucks for each of its more than 400 legislators while accusing them of …
Read More »US cuts military aid to Africa's fight against terrorism
[ad_1] Washington – The United States should reduce its support to African military units fighting terrorism, while reorienting its defense strategy to compete with the more traditional threats of China and Russia …
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