Browsing: SECURITE | SECURITY

Nigeria’s Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Mr. Adegboyega Oyetola, has urged state governments across the country to invest in safer, modern fibre and aluminium boats to reduce waterway accidents.

South Africa begins week‑long multinational naval exercise with several BRICS states off the coast of Cape Town.

In a transformative shift for the nation’s security architecture, the Burkinabe government has officially elevated the Volunteer Brigade for the Defense of the Homeland (BVDP) to the status of an army.

Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune presided over a strategic meeting of the High Security Council (HCS) in Algiers on Thursday, January 8, 2026.

The trial of Abu Agila Masud, the Libyan national accused of building the bomb that destroyed Pan Am Flight 103, has been plunged into controversy following revelations that a critical video recording of his alleged confession has been lost or destroyed.

The Kordofan region is facing a catastrophic humanitarian tipping point as escalating clashes between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces have uprooted nearly 65,000 civilians in just three months.

Claude Pivi, a key figure in the 2009 Conakry stadium massacre and a former minister under Moussa Dadis Camara’s junta, died in custody on Tuesday, January 6, 2026.

The Malian authorities announced on Tuesday, December 30, 2025, the dismissal of several high-ranking officials in the defense and security forces, presented as disciplinary measures related to accusations of undermining state security.

South Africa to host a BRICS Plus naval exercise in its waters from 9-16 January 2026, with Iran set to participate for the first time alongside Russia and China.

Nigerian officials say the path to peace, stability, and economic progress remains unfazed despite a joint Christmas Day security operations with the US against Islamist insurgents.