First Independent Mena Newspaper
A Nigerian army drone accidentally killed at least 85 civilians on Sunday in a village in the Kaduna State, northwest Nigeria, according to official sources, marking one of the deadliest military bombings in the country. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu also ordered an investigation on Tuesday after the army admitted that one of its drones targeting […]
The first road convoy of French troops that were withdrawn from Niger following the removal of President Mohamed Bazoum arrived in Chad’s capital on Thursday (19 October), according to French military authorities. The convoy arrived in N’Djamena “without any particular problems “after spending 10 days on the road in coordination with Nigerian forces, French army […]
Spain is preparing a drone patrol program featuring sophisticated cameras in an attempt to boost its border security and counter illegal immigration and trafficking as well as terrorist threats emanating from insecurity in some north African states. The program, worth €1.455 billion, was announced in a report published on the website of the Spanish defense […]
The US navy has launched on Tuesday for the first time the X-47B drone from the USS George H.W. Bush nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. The first 65-minute test flight of the remotely piloted combat aircraft, from the carrier at sea to the Navy’s “Pax River” test site ashore, has enabled to validate among others the flight […]
The White House was caught off guard when the thirteen hour filibuster of Senator Rand Paul sparked a national conversation about the use of drones and the United States’ warfare in the larger Middle East. The filibuster was staged against the confirmation of John Brennan as the new head of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), […]