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The African Union has extended the mandate of its peacekeeping force in Somalia by a further 12 months and intends to bolster its size to close to 18 000 to overcome al Shabaab rebels, it said on...
The ability to trace small arms and light weapons (SALW) is an important step toward transparency and preventing the illicit use of firearms in conflict and crime. December 8th 2011 marks the 6th...
Programme Director, I ask your permission to be as informal this evening as I address all of you esteemed ladies and gentlemen gathered here in the beautiful city of Durban for the 17th Conference...
With the many elections held in 2011, Africa witnessed what one may call a ‘generational progression on democracy’. Ironically, the nominations for the elections at the African Union Commission...
Minister Namoloh, Minister of Defence of Namibia
Deputy Minister Makwetla
Deputy Minister Mondlane, Deputy Minister of Defence of Mozambique
Members of the Defence Review Committee
Members of the...
This week, until 25 November, diplomats from some 100 States will meet in Geneva for the Fourth Review Conference of the Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW). High on the agenda is a new...
Viktor Bout, widely referred to as the ‘merchant of death’, cut a forlorn figure as he was led from a New York federal district court in restraints and prison fatigues on Wednesday 2 November...
Since February 2011, Abyei and South Kordofan, oil rich disputed border areas of South Sudan and Sudan, witnessed an intensive military clash between the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM)...