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Top 10 biggest defense budgets in Africa in 2026
By The African Exponent 5 Key Facts Algeria is Africa’s biggest military spender by a huge margin. It spent $25.4 billion in 2025, which is more than the other nine countries on this list
Read MoreEuro set for weekly drop, yen eyes biggest gain since early September
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Featured ArticlesTop 10 biggest defense budgets in Africa in 2026
By The African Exponent 5 Key Facts Algeria is Africa’s biggest military spender by a huge margin. It spent $25.4 billion in 2025, which is more than the other nine countries on this list
Top 10 biggest defense budgets in Africa in 2026
By The African Exponent 5 Key Facts Algeria is Africa’s biggest military spender by a huge margin. It spent $25.4 billion in 2025, which is more than the other nine countries on this list
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Eritrea, Ethiopia pledge to respect Somalia’s sovereignty
The leaders of Ethiopia and Eritrea have pledged to respect the ‘sovereignty, territorial integrity and political independence’ of Somalia, following a second tripartite meeting, held in the
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LONDON (Reuters) – Former minister Jo Johnson said some colleagues were “reflecting hard” on whether to quit over Theresa May’s Brexit plan after his dramatic resignation threw the British
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joint satament of Bahr Dar meeting Between the Leaders of Eithopia, Somalia and Eritrea
The leaders of Ethiopia, Somalia and Eritrea, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, and President Isaias Afwerki held a series of consultation in Bahr Dar,Ethiopia on
Saudi scholar urges US to review ties with Saudi Arabia
A Saudi scholar urged the U.S. to reconsider its support for Saudi Arabia after the murder of a Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi. In an article titled “Why the U.S. Can’t Control MBS
Chinese envoy promises cooperation during meeting with Somalia’s minister of fisheries
Somalia’s Minister of Fisheries and Maritime Resources Abdullahi Bidhan Warsame recently met with Chinese Ambassador Qin Jian to discuss deepening the two countries’ fisheries connections.
Suicide car bombers kill at least 17 near hotel in Somali capital city
Suicide attackers set off two car bombs at a hotel near the headquarters of Somalia’s Criminal Investigations Department in Mogadishu on Friday, killing at least 17 people, police said.Guards at
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Landlocked nation in talks with nations to build naval base ,Ethiopia to rewrite part of foreign, national security policy, Ethiopia is considering adding a space force to its defense
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A Somali man went on a stabbing rampage in the city of Melbourne on Friday after driving a car laden with gas cylinders up on a footpath, where it caught fire, and police said they are treating
Somali president and his delegation arrive in Ethiopia
The President of the Federal Republic of Somalia HE Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed and his delegation arrived in Gondar, where they will travel to the town of Bahr Dare in Ethiopia. President Mohamed