Africa has witnessed a significant surge in the recruitment of child soldiers across conflict zones, exacerbated by Islamic insurgencies advancing southward across the continent.

Nuclear power will be a key part of a suite of new energy infrastructure built to meet surging data-center power demand driven by artificial intelligence. But nuclear can’t meet all of the increased data-center power needs. Natural gas, renewables, and battery technology will also have a role to play, according to Goldman Sachs Research. Several big tech companies looking for low carbon, round-the-clock energy signed contracts for new nuclear capacity in the last year, and there could be more such deals ahead. Those efforts come as electricity usage by data centers is expected to more than double by 2030, according to reports…

Satellite images obtained by National Security News have revealed that Russia is landing military aircraft in Libya and that the Kremlin is expanding its footprint across Africa. Images of Libyan air bases reveal Russian military transport planes, upgraded runways, improved perimeter defences, and entirely new buildings. All the changes occurred over a 12-month period between 2023 and 2024, according to an analysis by The Telegraph. The upgrades suggest that Russia is significantly ramping up its military presence in Libya, thanks to a growing partnership with Libyan warlord General Khalifa Haftar, who controls the eastern and southern parts of the country. Libya serves as…

On 06 February 2025, Northern Ireland’s Presiding Coroner, Mr Justice Michael Humphries concluded that the deaths of four members of the Irish Republican Army, killed by British forces at Clonoe on 16 February 1992, was as a result of excessive force and was “not reasonable”. In the cases of the deaths of all four IRA gunmen, the coroner said that the use of lethal force was not justified. His findings attracted mixed reactions; the relatives of those who died claimed a victory in their fight for justice; others, most notably Unionist politicians, have claimed the finding “beggars belief” and is “ludicrous”. So…

Trump’s Executive Order is a direct response to
Ramaphosa’s confrontational stance against Israel and US allies. President Trump considers this an attack on America.

Defence minister Angie Motshekga and military chiefs, who appeared before a parliamentary committee, seemed unaware of how damaging their actions have been for the military. President Cyril Ramaphosa should “clean house.”

The British government has announced plans to make it easier to build mini nuclear power stations in England and Wales as part of its efforts to boost UK economic growth. Labour said “archaic” planning rules, which ministers believe have held Britain back in the global race for clean, secure, and affordable energy, will be reformed. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said the country had been “let down and left behind” because it had not built a nuclear power station in “decades”—and that the plans would create thousands of highly skilled jobs. Unions and business groups welcomed the move, but environmentalists…

Kobus Marais, a defence analyst and
says President Cyril Ramaphosa won’t acknowledge the danger the SA soldiers are in.

“Our troops have not been disarmed whatsoever. No one has gained entry into our bases and taken control,” according to SANDF spokesperson Sipho Dlamini.

DR Jakkie Cilliers dismissed fears of a wider war in the Democratic Republic of Cong (DRC) as mere rhetoric, adding that war is not on the horizon.

By Washington Staff Reporter A “legendary” counter-narcotics agent who helped capture some of the world’s most dangerous criminals has been appointed to lead the US Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA). President Donald Trump has appointed Derek Maltz as the Acting Administrator of the DEA as part of the new administration’s War on Drugs. Maltz, who spent 28 years in the DEA, previously served as the Special Agent in Charge (SAC) of the Department of Justice’s Special Operations Division (SOD). The SOD is a multi-agency body that targets the most dangerous global and domestic drug trafficking and money laundering organisations. Under Maltz’s…

Defence and technology experts have warned that the artificial intelligence app may posed a threat to the US despite claims by the President Donald Trump stating that DeepSeek’s development was a “wake-up” call for the US.