Team GB win gold on Tuesday before Andy Murray and Simone Biles take centre stage. The 2024 Paris Olympics continue into day four as Team GB look to build on a sensational Monday in which they won six medals. Alex Yee, who won silver in Tokyo three years ago, was due up early in the men’s triathlon, but the […]
Guinea’s military leadership in a draft constitution has proposed reducing presidential terms in the world’s top exporter of bauxite to five years from six and restricting them. “No one can serve more than two terms as president of the republic in his lifetime,” Jean Paul Kotembedouno, a spokesman for the constitution commission of the National
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President Joseph Boakai celebrated his first independence anniversary in Monrovia on July 26 2024 since becoming President in January. Liberia at 177 was a colourful event. The President was earlier received by Deputy Defence Minister, Dr Augustine Lamin, who welcomed the Commander in Chief to the Barclay Training Center (BTC) Military Barracks, with the hoisting
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Rabat/Rome, 30 July 2024 – The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the Bank Al Maghrib have agreed to jointly take action in increasing funding to rural development. IFAD issued its eighth sustainable bond, as a private placement, under its Sustainable Development Finance Framework to the central bank of Morocco today. With the issuance
BULGARIAN MILITARY The current reality for Ukraine’s Air Force is this: even if allies wished to send all 80 F-16 fighters immediately, it’s simply not feasible. According to The Telegraph, only six Ukrainian pilots have been trained to fly these aircraft by NATO’s European members. This means, at present, the Ukrainian Air Force can only operate
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BULGARIAN MILITARY The Pacific Fleet, Baltic Fleet, and Northern Fleet, all integral components of Russia’s naval forces, have commenced extensive exercises. According to a press release from the Russian Defense Ministry, these planned drills involve more than 300 warships, submarines, cutters, and auxiliary vessels, over 50 aircraft, around 200 units of specialized military equipment, and over 20,000
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BULGARIAN MILITARY The US is set to sell 196 RTX GBU-53/B Small Diameter Bomb [SDB] IIs to Belgium. These bombs will be part of the arsenal for Belgium’s F-35 fleet. Brussels has secured a contract for 34 Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning IIs, with the first jets arriving this year. Photo credit: Raytheon Valued at up to
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BULGARIAN MILITARY A unique event took place during the RIMPAC 2024 exercise when a U.S. Air Force B-2 Spirit bomber successfully sank a surface ship using low-cost GPS-guided bombs. This significant operation was conducted on July 19, north of the Hawaiian island of Kauai, highlighting the innovative military capabilities at play. Video screenshot RIMPAC 2024 has
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BULGARIAN MILITARY The Malaysian Army has chosen the M72 LAW-EC [Light Anti-Tank Weapon] to replace its long-used RPG-7 rocket launchers. Nammo, a Norwegian-Finnish joint venture, will serve as the program’s contractor. Per the agreement with Nammo, the Malaysian Army will receive 800 M72 LAW-EC units. While the contract’s value remains undisclosed, the average price for
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DEFENCE-BLOG Ukrainian military forces have released images of a destroyed Russian BMP-3 infantry fighting vehicle equipped with 4S24 explosive reactive armor (ERA) modules, also known as “Kaktus.” Earlier this year, the first BMP-3 outfitted with ERA was observed on the frontlines, suggesting an effort to enhance the vehicle’s survivability against threats such as FPV drones, RPGs, and
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