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ADVERTISEMENT Nigeria’s chief of army staff, Ibrahim Attahiru, says recent attacks on military bases and the attendant losses of soldiers and equipment will not stop the military from winning the war against the Boko Haram insurgency. Mr Attahiru, a lieutenant-general, said this on Thursday in Maiduguri, Borno State, when he paid yet another visit to the frontline. It was the fifth time that the army chief was visiting the state since his appointment in February. The latest visit followed th...

by  Preston James and Mike Harris (2015) Before America can embark on a national mission to eradicate the influence of the Rothschild Khazarian Mafia (RKM) in America, it is important to understand its incredibly evil hidden history. All Americans need to know that the Rothschild Khazarian Mafia (RKM) is based on a secret death cult, ancient Babylonian Talmudism (aka Kabbalism, Luciferianism, Satanism, Sabbatteanism, Frankism). Only by knowing the sinister origin and core belief system of t...

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defenceWeb Written by defenceWeb - Siphiwe Lucky Sangweni. Siphiwe Lucky Sangweni was born on 27 February 1967 in KwaMashu township, Durban, in the KwaZulu-Natal Province of South Africa. After he completed his secondary schooling at Igugulabasha High School in Ntuzuma, north of Durban, he went to join the underground revolutionary structures of Umkhonto Wesizwe (MK), and subsequently went to exile and underwent military training in Tanzania where he became an all-rounded trained and qualified...

Fighters of the Front for Change and Concord in Chad (FACT) rebel group crossed from Libya over into northern Chad on April 11, the day veteran Chadian President Idriss Deby sought a sixth term in a vote boycotted by main opposition parties. The rebels attacked a border post before advancing south, travelling in heavily armed pick-up trucks. After intense fighting, the Chadian armed forces over the weekend appeared to have slowed the FACT’s progress some 300km (185 miles) from the capital, Nd...

Who are Chad’s FACT rebels and what are their goals? Al Jazeera Staff © In 2008, rebels reached Ndjamena before being pushed back [File: Finbarr OReilly/Reuters] In 2008, rebels reached Ndjamena before being pushed back [File: Finbarr OReilly/Reuters] Fighters of the Front for Change and Concord in Chad (FACT) rebel group crossed from Libya over into northern Chad on April 11, the day veteran Chadian President Idriss Deby sought a sixth term in a vote boycotted by main oppo...

defenceWeb Written by defenceWeb - Ntshavheni Peter Maphaha. Major General Ntshavheni Peter Maphaha was born on 8 August 1967 in Thohoyandou, Venda, in the Limpopo Province of South Africa. After completing his secondary schooling in 1984 at Lwamondo High School in Limpopo, he then enrolled for his tertiary education at the University of Natal (now Nelson Mandela Medical School) where he completed the Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery degree (MBchB) in 1990, which he completed within the prescr...

Vanguard News More soldiers to be recruited to halt Boko Haram — Defence Minister On By Ndahi Marama, Maiduguri The Minister of Defense, Maj-Gen. Bashir Magashi has said that more soldiers are to be recruited to end the Boko Haram insurgency in the Northeast. According to him, the recruitment of soldiers with professional skills and fighting equipment with strategies could route out remnants of terrorists from hideouts. Magashi disclosed this Sunday while addressing troops at the Military Co...

defenceWeb Written by defenceWeb - General Rudzani Maphwanya. Rudzani Maphwanya was born on 23 November 1960 in the Limpopo Province of South Africa. He completed his secondary schooling at the Mphaphuli High School in Limpopo in 1978 and shortly thereafter joined Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK), the military wing of the African National Congress. Maphwanya’s MK military career spanned from 1978 to 1994 during which time he had trained at various institutions on the African continent and abroad. Maph...

Ramaphosa announces Lt-General Rudzani Maphwanya as incoming SANDF Chief Search Polity Note: Search is limited to the most recent 250 articles. To access earlier articles, click Advanced Search and set an earlier date range. To search for a term containing the & symbol, click Advanced Search and use the search headings and/or in first paragraph options. With... Clear Search Sponsored by Sponsored by Maphwanya will assume office on 1 June. Advertisement Solly Shoke, as a highly decorated office...