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Food for thought: Senegal’s first female military pilot Mame Rokhaya Lo speaking during one of the panel discussions. Photo: Marion Smith

Apsaco 2026 reflects on Africa’s security

The 10th African Peace and Security Annual Conference (Apsaco) in Rabat, Morocco, reviewed a decade of Africa's evolving security landscape. Experts discussed persistent…

President Cyril Ramaphosa announced the SANDF deployment in his 12 February State of the Nation Address.

Withdrawal worse than surrender, says Lamola during DRC debate in parliament

The ANC and its GNU partners are divided over South Africa’s military involvement in the DRC, as opposition parties call for an immediate withdrawal of troops

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Africa must have permanent representation on UN Security Council

The British high commissioner to South Africa reflects on the value of the United Nations for the UK and South Africa to achieve shared objectives

Feminist organisations and collectives gathered at the Monument to the Revolution to march from the Angel of Independence to the Zócalo in Mexico City to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. (Photo by Gerardo Vieyra/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Women are important in the UN’s conflict and peacebuilding missions

Resolution 1325 marks a milestone in the UN’s thinking about women: their lives are multilinear and multiple factors affect their participation in public and private life

Combat: A South African soldier wearing the post-1994 camouflage uniform on a 2018 mission in the DRC. Photo: John Wessels/AFP

SANDF’s ‘dignity’ comes with a R200m price tag

Find out about the SANDF’s new uniform, which is costing taxpayers close to R200-million, while mission-critical equipment is not maintained

Lieutenant General Eric Mnisi (Lizette Lombard)

Military lawyers fight their boss

As senior legal officers take their battles with the head of the legal division to court, about a thousand military court cases are in limbo

Businesses not always free to keep the peace

Why is the private sector in Africa more likely to hinder instead of help peaceful development?

Embracing peace: Mozambique’s President Filipe Nyusi (left) and Renamo leader Ossufo Momade (right) hug each other after signing a ceasefire agreement that formally ends decades of military hostilities. (AFP)

Third time lucky: Will Mozambique’s peace deal last?

It’s been a year since Frelimo and Renamo signed the Maputo Accord. This time, the peace might just hold

Let down: Like the South African troops killed in the Central African Republic in 2013

Diverted funds puts soldiers at risk

United Nations money for SA peacekeepers is channelled to treasury instead of defence

President Nelson Mandela elevated Jean-Yves Ollivier to the grade of Grand Officer of the Order of Good Hope for his peacemaking efforts.

Angola’s Ollivier: He sold cereals, then he sold peace

The war in Angola was disrupting Jean-Yves Ollivier’s life, so he took steps to put an end to it.

Africa sees lag in funds for UN peacekeeping

Tension arising from the UN Security Council’s reliance on African nations to supply peacekeepers came into sharper focus on Friday.

UN extends mandate of DRC peacekeepers

The UN Security Council on Wednesday extended the mandate of the UN peacekeeping force in the strife-torn DRC by five months.

Uganda hosts talks on AU Somalia force

Defence ministers from Uganda, Burundi and Somalia met on Friday in Kampala over the AU peacekeeping mission in Somalia.

Top official says UN peacekeepers are overstretched

After a decade of growth, the UN’s peacekeeping efforts are overstretched with 113 000 military, police and civilians deployed in 18 missions.

Bush authorises US air support for Darfur mission

President George Bush on Monday authorised the immediate use of US aircraft to transport supplies to the peacekeeping force in Darfur.

Growth in Darfur peacekeepers, says envoy

The top US diplomat on Africa said on Monday that progress has been made recently in the deployment of UN peacekeepers to Darfur.

Govt sends sympathies after SA soldier killed in Sudan

Defence Minister Charles Nqakula has extended his sympathies to the family of a South African soldier who was killed in Sudan earlier this week.

EU turns to Russia for help in Chad mission

The European Union expects Russia to supply it with helicopters for its Chad peace mission despite its dispute with Moscow over Georgia.

UN renews peacekeeping mandate in Chad

The UN on Wednesday renewed the mandate of its peacekeeping mission in Chad, which has been monitoring the country’s border with the CAR.

UN: Sudan forces build up outside Darfur camp

Sudanese forces accused of killing more than 30 people in a raid on a Darfur camp have started to build up outside the settlement, peacekeepers say.