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Fact check: South African Air Force (SAAF) C-130BZ runway excursion at Goma

Fact check: South African Air Force (SAAF) C-130BZ runway excursion at Goma

by Darren Olivier | Jan 12, 2020 | Regional, Southern Africa

Claim 1: This was the last SAAF C-130 and now there are none left ❌ False: There are five other operational C-130BZs in service (serials 401, 402, 405, 406, 409). One of those will soon resume flying these missions. This claim is based on confusion between the terms...
A-Darter programme reaches maturity

A-Darter programme reaches maturity

by Darren Olivier | Nov 9, 2018 | Featured, Southern Africa

The A-Darter IR-guided short-range air-to-air missile (SRAAM), developed jointly by South Africa and Brazil & co-funded by their respective air forces, has turned out to be an impressive achievement, with performance figures far in excess of what many believed the...
Denel, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar: What we know

Denel, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar: What we know

by Darren Olivier | Oct 23, 2018 | Featured, Regional, Southern Africa, Strategy

Denel might well be bought out by Saudi Arabia. But before that happens there is a lot of paperwork and moral questioning that must occur. ADR’s Darren Olivier points that, although we’re now at this unsavoury choice between sacrificing human rights or thousands of skilled jobs, Qatar may have had a plan B option all along.

Zimbabwean Presidential Guard identified at Harare election shootings

Zimbabwean Presidential Guard identified at Harare election shootings

by John Stupart | Oct 9, 2018 | Featured, OSINT Analysis, Southern Africa

When violence broke out in the streets of Harare in August, 2018, ADR’s Thomas Holder was on the scene. In one of his photos, the key to identifying just which unit was involved in the killing of three Zimbabweans is revealed. ADR’s John Stupart explains.

Attack on President Mnangagwa likely by a hand grenade

Attack on President Mnangagwa likely by a hand grenade

by Conway Waddington | Jun 24, 2018 | Featured, Southern Africa

CONWAY WADDINGTON analyses the available footage of the attack.

The Lusophone Jihadists?

The Lusophone Jihadists?

by Richard Stupart | Jun 15, 2018 | African Defence Podcast, Featured, Regional, Southern Africa

A spate of attacks in rural northeastern Mozambique has set the region on edge. Beheadings, IED attacks, and a growing economic marginalization of a muslim community in a region soon to be flooded with oil wealth has combined into the early signs of a major...
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