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A video of the Interim President of Guinea, Mamady Doumbouya, taking a walk with his sons while being guided by heavily armed military men, has gone viral.   A military officer l, Doumbouya has been serving as the interim president of Guinea since 1 October 2021. He led a coup …

The Israeli military said early Monday that it had embarked on what it called an “extensive counterterrorism effort” in the Jenin area of the occupied West Bank, a center of Palestinian militancy. The military announced shortly after 1 a.m. that it was striking “terrorist infrastructure” in the area of Jenin, …

Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of the mercenary Wagner group, claimed to have control of some of the buildings that form the military command in southern Russia in the city of Rostov-on-Don. Video verified by The New York Times shows that he had entered the facilities on Saturday morning. In the …

There is something going on in Russia as mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin is claiming that his troops are on the march in Russia, while Putin has not been seen in public, and Russian leadership appears to be preparing for a military coup. Prigozhin accused the Russian troops of attacking his …

Opinion by Andrew Firmin (london) Friday, June 23, 2023 Inter Press Service LONDON, Jun 23 (IPS) – The violence keeps coming in Myanmar, under military rule since February 2021. The junta stands accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity, with evidence of systematic use of killings, rape, torture and other …

The military government promises a return to civilian rule, but opponents argue changes would give excessive power to the president. Malians will vote on Sunday in a referendum on changing the constitution that the military rulers and regional powers have said will pave the way to elections and a return …

The Nigeria Air Force (NAF) has said that the military airstrike of January 24 in Nasarawa State only targeted and eliminated terrorists.   NAF’s Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore Ayodele Famuyiwa disclosed this at the bi-weekly news briefing on the operations of the armed forces in Abuja …

A female officer of the Nigerian Air Force, simply identified as George, has reportedly committed suicide by hanging at her residence in Ikeja, Lagos State.   It was gathered that George, a Master Warrant Officer working at 651 Base Services Group Resident at Block T5 Flat 8 in Sam Ethnan …

A US attack drone controlled by artificial intelligence turned against its human operator during a flight simulation in an attempt to kill them because it did not like its new orders, a top Air Force official has revealed.     The military had reprogrammed the drone not to kill the …

Civil servants under the employment of the Federal Government will experience a delay in the payment of their May 2023 salaries.    Punch reports that the delay is due to the fact that Ministries, Departments and Agencies were yet to get debit approval from the Central Bank of Nigeria.   …