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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
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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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File Photo/Somali Times Eritrea President Isaias Afwerki has made an unprecedented on the UAE, it of blatantly fomenting conflicts between Somalia and Sudan as part of an “unfulfilled ambition”
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File Photo/Somali Times Somalia Puntland says UN agencies with offices in Puntland regions of refusing to submit annual accounts of projects they implement in its regions. Read: Somalia at risk
China’s EV ascent rewires auto ties with Europe
Visitors look at vehicles at the booth of BYD during the 2025 Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area International Auto Show in Shenzhen, south China’s Guangdong Province, May 31, 2025.
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People rest inside a temporary shelter in Srisaket province, after Thailand and Cambodia exchanged heavy artillery fire for a second day on Friday as border fighting intensified and spread, while
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File Photo/Somali Times Officials of the Dervish army in the Ayn region have spoken out Puntland’s that it pays the salaries of thousands of members of the SSC-Khatumo administration’s defence
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