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Somalia: KDF Jets Bomb Al Shabaab Stronghold in Gedo Region

Kenyan defense forces (KDF) military jets are reportedly launched an airstrike on Al shabaab camp near Bardere city in Gedo region on Friday, a local resident said. The aerial bombing against the militant base by KDF warplanes came after Al shabaab fighters staged an attack on army bases in Ali Hared area, about 20Km away from Juungal district.

Juungal, is key town re-captured by Somali forces on Wednesday from Al shabaab after a deadly offensive that claimed lives of three militants and two soldiers. The Al shabaab attack sparked heavy exchange of gunfire between the militants and allied troops that left 4 Somali government soldiers dead, the anonymous villager said.

The casualty figures on Al shabaab fighters as a result of the skirmish is sketchy, but the resident said the coalition forces repelled the militant attack. Al shabaab did not comment on the reported casualties and the attack, which was the latest in string of clashes between its fighters and Somali troops backing by KDF in Gedo.

#CION

Army inaugurates internet phones for troops in Borno


http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/213916-army-inaugurates-internet-phones-troops-borno.html?utm_source=&utm_medium=twitter

Borno IDPs Returning Home Suffer Landmine Explosion


A truck conveying internally displaced persons, IDPs, ran into a landmine planted on an highway causing an explosion which injured some of the passengers, officials said.

The displaced persons were being conveyed from Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, back to Gamboru-Ngala, a border community about 145km away. The community is one of those liberated from Boko Haram.

The incident occurred barely an hour after the military authority in Maiduguri, officially okayed the movement of over 200 cars and trucks conveying the returnee IDPs and food items to the liberated border community.

The Chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, Bello Moduganari, confirmed the incident to PREMIUM TIMES in his office.

"We just received the sad news that one of the vehicles that we had cleared to move to Gamboru-Ngala ran into a landmine at Ngom Village, some 20km away from Maiduguri.

"There is no report of death in the incident so far, but we have arranged to take the victims to the hospital here in Maiduguri.

"We learnt the landmine was planted in the centre of the road and an unsuspecting Land Cruiser jeep ran over it", he said.

A PREMIUM TIMES reporter was at the venue where the soldiers commenced the escort of the very long convoy of trucks, pickup vans and passenger buses conveying foodstuff and persons.

The Secretary of the NURTW in Borno, Amodu Musa, branch had earlier informed reporters that they could not convey the passengers because of the bad nature of the road especially during the rainy season.

"Initially we had ignorantly blamed the soldiers for not trying to help us; but when we went there on our own we met 18 of our trucks stuck in the clay mud blocking the entire routes", said Mr. Musa.

"We had to employ the service of a mega crane and towing vans to pull them out; then we also hired tippers to sand fill the route before we could make it to Gamboru some two weeks ago.

"And when we got to Gamboru we discovered that there were people but no food; a cube of Maggi was being sold for N20. A can of malt was sold at N350 and N300. That was why we pleaded with the military to assist us by allowing the trucks conveying food items to go first before the passenger vehicles".

The theatre commander of the operation 'Lafiya Dole', Lucky Irabor, had also informed journalists that the movement of persons and trucks through the routes leading to Gamboru was one of the most difficult tasks because of the dangers on the route.

Mr. Irabor, a major general, dispelled the claims made by the returnee IDPs that soldiers took bribes from truck owners before providing them escorts.

More Militants Surrender At Andoni And Isiokpo In Rivers



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTyn3FLe_xc

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OPERATION DELTA SAFE: CAS VISITS 97 SPECIAL OPERATIONS GROUP PORT HARCOURT

The Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Mshl Sadique Abubakar today visited 97 Special Operations Group (SOG) Port Harcourt to assess the operational status of the unit and welfare of the personnel. The visit was to enable the NAF leadership know first-hand how to address the challenges facing the unit in order to enhance the operational effectiveness and efficiency of the Air Component of Operation Delta Safe.

The visit was to enable the NAF leadership know first-hand the challenges facing the unit and how best to address them for enhanced operational effectiveness and efficiency. As the Air Component of OPERATION DELTA SAFE, the 97 SOG has been actively involved in the ongoing joint military operations to curb pipeline vandalism, illegal bunkering, armed banditry and other forms of economic sabotage in the Niger Delta. Of recent, the unit has destroyed a number of illegal refineries and oil barges carrying stolen petroleum products, in addition to undertaking aerial surveillance missions to provide intelligence for the operations of the surface forces. These are aimed at protecting the lives and property of the citizenry as well as safeguard the nation’s oil facilities in the region.

Air Mshl Abubakar also used the opportunity of his to Port Harcourt to commission newly provided accommodation facilities put-in place to enhance the welfare of personnel and dependants in the unit. The new projects include a newly constructed block of 18 units of 2-bedroom flats for Senior Non-Commissioned Officers (SNCOs), a remodelled block of 10 units of one-bedroom apartment for Non-Commissioned Officers (NCOs) and assembly ground newly provided for Air Force Secondary School, Port Harcourt.

The new facilities were commissioned by former Chief of Policy and Plans at the Defence Headquarters and one-time Chief of Administration at Headquarters Nigerian Air Force (HQ NAF), Air Vice Marshal Tomboiyi Dick-Iruenabere (retired). Meanwhile, the retired senior officer has used the occasion to call on the people of Niger Delta, particularly the youths, to embrace peace and dialogue by working with the Federal Government to find lasting solutions to the problems in the region.

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persius555:
I think ayd91 is right. That's probably because #ISIS uses high grade consumer drones with 4k fitted HD cams (most times GoPro) just for publicity stunt. I am sure HD clarity images is the last thing on NAF list.

#JustGetTheJobDone

Only videos of NAF drones we've seeing, we can just come into conclusion on the quality of the CH-3 & Gulma drones.

jakeporeshenko:
Tigers ! #agressors

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#SYRIA
#AhrarAlSham Releases Pictures Shows Its Remote Control VBIED In #Aleppo. #TerrorMonitor

NAF PILOTS

africaken254:
as long as the extremist wahhabi salafist saudi ideology continue spreading its tentacles in east africa we will continue collaborating even with the Israelis

Tell me one country where the United States av being to settle peace, they rather aggravate things i:e lybia, Mogadishu, afghan, irag...etc the list is endless.

It's high time kenya start handling security issues themselves before ISIS/AL SHABAAB take advantage to start revolting against western presence.

ayd91:
This is so much clearer than what we've been getting from Nigeria's UAVs...

I totally disagree with you, most pictures of NAF drone we've seeing are usually cropped/screen grabs from videos and they ate from individuals.

Henry240:
FBI carrying guns in your streets isn't proper. It sends a very bad message to the Kenyan population. The Recces are a competent unit, i don't understand why your government allows this.

True yarn.........

Somalia's al-Shabab in comeback, as Ethiopia pulls troops


http://www.foxnews.com/world/2016/10/27/somalia-al-shabab-in-comeback-as-ethiopia-pulls-troops.html

DINNER ON NNS UNITY IN SOUTH AFRICA

#RANDOM

Navy mounts surveillance on 37 creeks


http://sunnewsonline.com/navy-mounts-surveillance-on-37-creeks/

Nigerian Troops Find 25 Human Skulls In Militants’ Shrine In Bayelsa State


http://saharareporters.com/2016/10/27/nigerian-troops-find-25-human-skulls-militants%E2%80%99-shrine-bayelsa-state

PHOTO: Russia's new Electronic Warfare aircraft Il-22PP «Porubshchik»

#Libya: 2nd batch of #ISIS photos including a T-55 tank likely the same as the 1 showed off before, seized from 204….

#Libya: #ISIS photo report from fighting with #LNA in #Benghazi, including UAV monitoring while firing 81mm mortar…

NIGER DELTA YOUTH LEADERS APPEAL FOR PEACE IN THE REGION

The Coalition of Niger Delta Youth Leaders has appealed to the youths in the Niger Delta Region to embrace peace and give the Federal Government all the needed support to bring peace to the Region. The appeal was contained in the speech by the Leader of the Youth Coalition, Comrade Emeni Ibe when the group visited the Defence Headquarters.

Comrade Ibe said that the Niger Delta Youth Leaders were in Defence Headquarters to add their voice to many other patriotic citizens of our great nation who were commending the military for subduing terrorism and other vices across the nation.

The Youth group pledged its unflinching support to the amnesty programme of the Federal Government which it noted has helped many youths of the area in the field of training and education with many of erstwhile agitators now economically independent. The Team Leader called on co-Niger Delta youth comrades to shield their swords and embrace dialogue with the government to bring lasting peace and development to the Niger Delta Region. He maintained that there can never be any development in the absence of peace.

While thanking the Youth Leaders for the gesture, the Chief of Defence Staff, General Gabriel Olonisakin, who was represented by the Chief of Policy and Plans at Defence Headquarters, Air Vice Marshal Bashir Saidu, said that what Nigeria required at this time is peace to bring about development and to attract foreign investors to our dear nations. He appealed to other youths in the Niger Delta to emulate the Coalition of Youth Leaders by supporting the effort of government for rapid development in the Niger Delta region.

giles14:
can't wait for d release of arms deal report. den dasuki can go on live trial so we Nigerians can knw d truth

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Suspected US Drone Crashes at Al Shabaab Base


A suspected unmanned drone is reportedly crashed at Al shabaab area near Kismayo town, the provincial capital of Lower Jubba region of southern Somalia on Sunday [October 16].

Pro-al shabaab media outlets, citing Senior Al shabaab commanders reported the drone was belonged to the Unites states military and has been conducting a surveillance on the militants’ activities.

Al Shabaab, which is affiliated with al Qaeda, said it seized the wreckage of the drone after it crashed in Qudus village, about 50Km west of Kismayo city, the coastal town which serves as a seat for Jubbaland.

The militants confirmed that a drone had crashed in their stronghold city of Qudus, but they did not say if they had downed it with an anti-aircraft missile.

Many New Armed Groups Established in Nigeria


A total of 18 new armed groups have sprung in Nigeria in the last 17 months, according to a report by a crisis-monitoring group.

The report puts Nigeria well-ahead of any other African nation, as the country with the fastest-growing number of new armed dissident groups.

In apparent reflection of a poor crisis-management mechanism, the report by the Public Security & Safety Advocacy department of Intersociety shows that in the first 15 months of the President Muhammadu Buhari administration, as many as 18 disaffected groups took up arms across the country.

Painting a gloomy portrait of regional security, the report showed that as at August 2016, at least 28 African countries were embroiled in internal conflicts fuelled by a total of 220 armed opposition and insurgency groups. Of these the Democratic Republic of Cong leads the pack with 36 armed opposition groups, followed by Libya with 28. South Sudan comes next with 26 warring groups while Nigeria is fourth with 20 armed groups.


Whilst Nigeria’s ranking might not at first appear alarming, crisis monitors are already hitting the panic button considering that the country has jumped from its 13th position in May 2015 to fourth position in August 2016; a record time of just 15 months. The number, therefore, of non-state armed or resistance groups that have taken up arms against the Federal Republic of Nigeria under President Muhammadu Buhari has risen from two on May 29, 2015 to 20 in August 2016.

The Intersociety report showed that in May 2015 the number of active armed opposition groups (AOGs) in Nigeria was two: the Boko Haram terror group and Fulani armed nomadic herdsmen. Hitherto armed groups such as the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) and the Niger Delta Volunteer Force (NDVF) were disarmed, demobilized and granted amnesty in 2009 under the leadership of late Umaru Yar’Adua. There was also a splinter group of Boko Haram called Ansaru, which was later absorbed by Boko Haram under the Islamic State West Africa, ISWA.

Today however, the number of armed groups in Nigeria has grown in multiples. They include the Islamic State West Africa and the Movement for Unity & Jihad in West Africa – both offshoots of ISIS and Al-Qaida in Islamic Maghreb; the Boko Haram; Armed nomadic herdsmen and the resurrected and re-armed Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta.

Others are the Niger Delta People’s Volunteer Force; the Niger Delta Liberation Front; Niger Delta Avengers; Biafra Avengers; Red Egbesu Water Lions; Asawana Deadly Force of the Niger Delta, the Adaka Boro Marine Commandos; the Utorogon Liberation Movement; Joint Niger Delta Liberation Force; and the Joint Revolutionary Council of the Joint Niger Delta Liberation Force. Yet others are the Red Scorpion; the Ultimate Warriors of the Niger Delta; the Niger Delta Red Squad; Niger Delta Vigilante; the Niger Delta Greenland Justice Mandate; the Ijaw/Oduduwa Militant Movement (in Ogun and Lagos States) and the Agatu Warriors in Benue State.

The report also mentioned Nigeria as the third largest defence and security spender in Africa after Algeria and Angola. While Nigeria spends about $4 billion, the figure for Algeria is $10.4 billion and Angola $6 billion.

Other African countries mentioned in the report with large number of armed opposition groups (AOGs) are Sudan, 19; Mali, 17; Central African Republic, 10; Egypt, 9; Ethiopia, 8; Algeria, 4; Eritrea, 4; and Somaliland, 4. Uganda has 3 while Mauritania, Kenya, Chad and Angola have 2 each. Morocco (Western Sahara), Tunisia, Senegal, Rwanda, Congo Republic, Puntland, Mozambique, Ivory Coast, Djibouti, Cameroon and Burundi are listed in the report as having one armed opposition group each.

Somali General Assassinated in Mogadishu


Armed Al Shabaab assassins have shot and killed a senior Somali army officer in Mogadishu, the latest in series of targeted assassinations in the east Africa country.

A witness speaking on condition of anonymity said two pistol-wielding men thought to be Al Shabaab members gunned down the officer who was identified as Gen Abdulaziz Araye.

The shooting took place in Mogadishu’s Waberi district on Monday [October 24] afternoon.

The gunmen fled the scene shortly after the killing. Somali security forces have subsequently reached the site of the crime and conducted a manhunt for the suspects.

The militant group of Al Shabaab said it was behind the murder of the army general. Somali security officials did not comment on the killing.

Namibian President Urges More Women to Join the Military


President Hage Geingob, who is also the commander-in-chief of the Namibian Defence Force (NDF), said he wants to see greater representation for women at all levels of the country’s defence force.

He made the remarks on Friday [October 21] when he commissioned 42 army cadets in Rundu. Out of the 42 cadets who completed the 17-month intensive training, only four are female.

“I’m sure that if we all made a concerted effort in motivating and encouraging female soldiers it will give more young women the confidence to join the army, navy and air force,” Geingob said.

“Therefore, I challenge more women to join the NDF and urge those already in the force to aim as high as possible and assume staff and command appointments in the NDF.”

According to President Geingob, the NDF is an institution which brings great pride to the Namibian nation. “Our armed men and women are the sentinels that stand guard over our Namibian house,” he said.


“It therefore gives me great pride to witness the ushering in of new recruits, young Namibians who have chosen the path of discipline, sacrifice … for the purpose of safeguarding our peace, democracy and rule of law.”

Geingob further said the young recruits have walked through the doors of the NDF military school, whose vision is to provide training to all members of the NDF to enhance their knowledge and skills in order to maintain the required standards of professionalism in the force.

Given the professional conduct and discipline executed by the young recruits on the day, Geingob said the NDF military school is living up to its vision and mission.

The regular commissioning course is the 8th of its kind in the history of the NDF and is meant to train identified members of the NDF who have displayed the potential to become officers by possessing good leadership qualities and fitness, which have come to the fore during interviews and medical checkups.

The regular commissioning training is designed to train, transform and arm cadet officers with the necessary military skills, knowledge and behaviour befitting officers that in future will be able to train educate and lead a platoon in the NDF during war and in peace.

The military school’s curriculum covers basic soldiery skills, conventional warfare, leadership and administration in order to mould and develop students as knowledgeable officers, capable of steering the NDF to even greater heights.

President Geingob urged the soldiers to know the social significance and meaning of courage. “You can only have courage if you have character first. Be a woman and man of character in peace so that if and when the time calls you will become a man or woman of courage in war,” he said.

#EGYPTIAN AIR FORCE.....

jakeporeshenko:
Actually those two birds were not the property of NAF. Those Mi-8s were contracted from AIR COMPANY TUSHETI in Georgia

See height of corruption in our military, so we where made to believe those birds where 2nd purchase. In Dansuki's report he boasted that it was one of the equipment bought, that was used in fighting BHT.

@jakeporeshenko thanks for shedding light on these.