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Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – The European Council (EC) on Monday adopted an assistance measure worth €5 million under the European Peace Facility to provide the Beninese Armed Forces (Forces Armées Béninoises) with military equipment to meet their operational requirements and pre-deployment training needs

©- - 15 july 2024 - 11:31:57 - thread (378 words)


Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The Council of the European Union on Tuesday decided to prolong until 30 June the mandates of two of its Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) civilian missions: the EU Border Assistance Mission for the Rafah Crossing Point (EUBAM Rafah) and the EU Police Mission for the Palestinian Territories (EUPOL COPPS)

©- - 25 june 2024 - 17:58:13 - thread (335 words)


Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – The European Council on Monday adopted an assistance measure under the European Peace Facility worth €20 million to enhance the operational capabilities of the Kenya Defence Forces in protecting the territorial integrity and sovereignty of the country and its civilian population against internal and external threats

©- - 24 june 2024 - 11:11:17 - thread (307 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - As part of the Libyan State's concern to strengthen international cooperation in security and defence, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation for Political Affairs of the Government of National Unity, Mohamed Khalil Issa Wednesday took part in a meeting with the Preparatory Committee tasked by the Ministry of Defence with holding the conference scheduled for the last quarter of this year in the Libyan capital, Tripoli

©- - 22 may 2024 - 18:27:14 - thread (241 words)


Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) has dismissed claims that the deployment of the country's soldiers to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is commercially motivated

©- - 26 february 2024 - 11:08:29 - thread (227 words)


Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The European Council on Monday adopted a decision launching the European Union security and defence initiative in support of West African countries of the Gulf of Guinea, for an initial duration of two years

©- - 11 december 2023 - 11:19:41 - thread (415 words)


Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s Department of Defence is sending a 13-member delegation to the United States to attend the 19th SA-USA Defence Committee Meeting in Washington on Wednesday and Thursday to engage the US Department of Defence on a range of military-to-military issues

©- - 06 june 2023 - 08:47:10 - thread (266 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Prime Minister of the Government of National Unity and Minister of Defence, Abdelhamid Al-Dbaiba, participated in an extended security meeting of the Defence and Security Council chaired by the chairman of the Libyan Presidential Council, Supreme Commander of the Libyan Army, Mohamed Al-Manfi

©- - 16 may 2023 - 20:03:45 - thread (194 words)


Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Just weeks after hosting a joint naval military exercise with Russia and China in South African waters, Pretoria is again under fire after two Iranian warships docked in Cape Town harbour on Friday

©- - 04 april 2023 - 12:06:14 - thread (269 words)


Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's Minister of Foreign Affairs Naledi Pandor has dismissed a warning by the United States government to its citizens in South Africa to stock up on food and water due to electricity blackouts

©- - 01 march 2023 - 09:05:47 - thread (243 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Prime Minister and Minister of Defence of the National Unity Government, Abdelhamid Al-Dbaiba, stressed here Thursday the importance of developing cooperation with Malta in all governmental sectors, and speeding up the opening of a consulate general in Benghazi, eastern Libya

©- - 19 january 2023 - 20:09:21 - thread (238 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Coastal Security Department of the Libyan Navy has received two of six boats equipped with the latest technology delivered by Italy to strengthen the intervention capacities of the Libyan maritime bodies in sea operations for rescue and the fight against illegal immigration, according to official sources

©- - 19 april 2022 - 12:48:28 - thread (96 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The tenth meeting of the Chiefs of Staff of the Air Force Commanders of the 5 + 5 Defence Initiative countries started on Thursday in Tripoli to discuss the contribution of the air force in the relief efforts and to exchange experiences between the member countries in various fields

©- - 14 october 2021 - 19:52:41 - thread (215 words)


Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa will send 1,495 soldiers to Mozambique, as part of a regional force aimed at quelling an insurgency in the country's troubled Cabo Delgado region

©- - 29 july 2021 - 11:38:37 - thread (198 words)


Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Niger's defence minister Alkassoum Indatoun arrived in Khartoum on Wednesday and called on the First Vice President of Sudan's Sovereign Council, Maj

©- - 12 may 2021 - 13:35:41 - thread (109 words)


Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s official opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) on Monday called for a “troop surge”, comprised of all Southern African Development Community (SADC) countries, in the Cabo Delgado province of Mozambique to counter the scourge of increased terrorist action

©- - 29 march 2021 - 17:37:24 - thread (300 words)


Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – President Cyril Ramaphosa on Sunday saluted the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) for its work during the COVID-19 pandemic which saw a major lockdown

©- - 21 february 2021 - 16:54:26 - thread (175 words)


Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian Parliament on Tuesday approved the extension of deployment of a military air transport unit in Mali and a helicopter unit in the Central African Republic (CAR) under the United Nations banner

©- - 10 february 2021 - 09:37:01 - thread (282 words)


Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia and the United States conducted joint maritime exercises off the northern coast of Tunisia from January 18 to 21, the Tunisian Defence ministry said on Thursday in a statement

©- - 21 january 2021 - 14:22:45 - thread (118 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya's Ministry of Defence under the Government of National Accord has signed a military-technical cooperation agreement with the Italian Ministry of Defence, covering training, technical information , support, development, maintenance, consultation and exchange of experience in the field of illegal immigration, land, sea and air borders

©- - 04 december 2020 - 16:32:47 - thread (445 words)


Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - Generals and senior officers of the DR Congolese armed forces (FARCD) and the Congolese national police (PNC) Tuesday reaffirmed their loyalty and allegiance to President Felix Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo, the communication service of the presidential press said here

©- - 01 december 2020 - 22:51:20 - thread (165 words)


Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian Defense Minister, Brahim Bartagi, said on Thursday morning that Tunisian security units have eliminated four alleged terrorist leaders during joint operations, injured many other elements and seized large quantities of weapons and ammunition as well as electrical equipment

©- - 19 november 2020 - 17:28:46 - thread (217 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Defence Minister of the Government of National Accord (GNA), Salaheddine al-Nemruch, has criticised the European Union (EU) for its "negative position" during the attack by the Libyan National Army (LNA) on Tripoli from April 2009 to June 2020

©- - 18 november 2020 - 11:10:37 - thread (560 words)


Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian minister of Defence, Brahim Bertéji, Tuesday presided over the opening of the 34th session of the joint Tunisian-US military cooperation here, official sources said here

©- - 06 october 2020 - 22:46:57 - thread (251 words)


Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – United States President Donald Trump has addressed claims that Iran is considering assassinating US ambassador to South Africa by tweeting that any attack would be met with a response "1 000 times greater in magnitude"

©- - 15 september 2020 - 14:52:28 - thread (229 words)


Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian President Kais SAied Wednesday held talks with US Army General Stephen Townsend, commander of the US Commandment for Africa (Africom), a statement issued by the Tunisian presidency here said

©- - 09 september 2020 - 23:08:08 - thread (113 words)


Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian president, Kaïs Saied, Wednesday met with the chief of the US Commandment for Africa (AFRICOM), General Stephen Townsend, who was on an official visit

©- - 09 september 2020 - 21:35:00 - thread (330 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The President of the Presidential Council of the Government of National Accord (GNA), Fayez al-Sarraj, on Wednesday held talks in Tripoli, with Italian Defense Minister, Lorenzo Guerini, on the developments in Libya and a number of joint cooperation issues

©- - 05 august 2020 - 17:59:55 - thread (371 words)


Kigali, Rwanda (PANA)  - The body of a Rwandan soldier, who was killed while serving with the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Central African Republic (MINUSMA), has been returned to Rwanda, a military source confirmed in Kigali on Thursday

©- - 23 july 2020 - 15:25:38 - thread (235 words)


Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia has affirmed its desire to further strengthen its presence in United Nations peacekeeping operations "in order to keep its leading role among countries which contribute to the UN efforts," according to a press release published on Wednesday by the Tunisian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

©- - 15 july 2020 - 18:03:24 - thread (196 words)


Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The official opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) has called on the Defence Ministry to urgently engage with the

©- - 09 july 2020 - 16:29:07 - thread (200 words)