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A radio station north of DRC’s Goma has been repurposed as an AFC/M23 intelligence service office, according to Reporters Without Borders.

Angolan Navy takes delivery of six Swiss-made unmanned helicopters in $1.2 billion modernisation drive.

Ukraine says it killed Colombian and Zimbabwean fighters in Russian ranks on Lyman front, citing Moscow’s growing reliance on foreign nationals.

Captain Roger Gabriel of Niamey’s 1st Parachute Battalion, told Radio Télévision du Niger (RTN) on Tuesday that he had been informed of plans for an external intervention to support elements involved in clashes at Air Base 101 on the night of 28-29 August 2026.

Senegal and the United States are strengthening customs cooperation through an electronic data-sharing mechanism aimed at better anticipating risks associated with international cargo and more effectively combating illicit trafficking and transnational organised crime.

Nigeria’s National Centre for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons (NCCSALW) has destroyed 1,419 illicit weapons and recovered 5,449 firearms in recent operations nationwide.

The Nigerian Defence Headquarters says the military conducted 7,062 security operations across the country in July and August, neutralising 1,487 terrorists and insurgents and rescuing 777 kidnapped victims.

Italian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani confirmed on Sunday that all Italian military personnel attached to the Bilateral Support Mission to Niger (MISIN), as well as civilian Italian nationals residing in the country, are safe following the violent security events in Niamey on the night of August 28–29.

Official military funerals were held on Monday at Air Base 101 in Niamey for three members of the Presidential Guard killed during violent clashes over the night of August 28–29.

AU extraordinary summit concludes with a strong call for member states to finance the agenda themselves through expanded support for the AU Peace Fund.