Troops loyal to Burkina Faso’s deposed government said they were preparing to attack the Camp Naaba military base near the capital’s presidential palace, which is held by troops who staged a coup last week. Loyalist troops have been massing in the capital on Tuesday and have told those behind the[…]
Burkina Faso soldiers marched into the capital Ouagadougou without resistance late on Monday as army leaders began surrender talks with the elite presidential guard that staged a coup against the government last week. Burkina Faso had been preparing to head to polls on Oct. 11 for a vote aimed at[…]
A United Nations report has revealed that South African soldiers are the worst sexual offenders on UN peacekeeping missions. This comes as the UN faced controversy over allegations of child sexual abuse by French soldiers deployed to the Central African Republic. The UN Office of Internal Oversight Services report, which[…]
It will take more than one major crackdown to clean the crime-ridden streets of Ottery. This was the sentiment of frustrated locals who watched South African Police Service, defence force and metro police officers raid crime hotspots in the Grassy Park police precinct in Cape Town on Friday. The integrated[…]
As residents on the Cape Flats intensify their call to have the army deployed to gang-dominated areas, a specialist in policing says that that call needs to be heeded by local government, civil servants and and politicians. Crime researcher Eldred De Klerk says the initial idea of having the army[…]
South African human rights groups have called on government to stop the arrests of undocumented foreign nationals, saying it further stigmatises foreign nationals. Over the last few weeks, the South African government has deployed large numbers of police and the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) to conduct a series[…]
The busy Mitchell’s Plain Town Centre was under lock down on Thursday morning as authorities began a sting operation targeting foreign traders. A large combined contingent of SAPS, armed forces, Metro police, Home Affairs, SARS officials and other spheres of government conducted raiding the business hub, amid an increase in[…]
The deployment of the army to quell the xenophobic violence that has left seven people dead was happening at “just the right time”, Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula said on Tuesday. “It’s not too late at all, precisely because we are not a military state,” she said, replying to a question[…]
At least 23 Taliban members and two troops of the Afghan National Army were killed in military operations against the insurgents, the Defence Ministry said Wednesday. “The operation was launched in three provinces of Kandahar, Kunduz and Kapisa in the past 24 hours,” the ministry said in a statement. “Twenty-five[…]
Pakistan has voted in favour of military trials for terrorism suspects, following December’s attack by the Pakistani Taliban (TTP) on a military-run school that killed 148 people, mostly children. The bill secured the vote of 242 politicians from the lower house of parliament on Tuesday, 14 more than the two-thirds[…]
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