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Ghana, Togo
Paris boosts Accra and Lomé military with drones and observation aircraft using EU funds

From 2022, with EU funding, Paris will pilot the reinforcement of aerial intelligence capacities for Togo and Ghana. Under consideration are the provision of drones and an observation aircraft to prevent incursions by armed groups. [...]

Published on 03/01/2022 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Botswana, South Africa
From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

Ghana, Togo
Paris boosts Accra and Lomé military with drones and observation aircraft using EU funds

In Focus | Togo
Lomé's delicate bid for military and diplomatic balance between Moscow and the West

Burkina Faso
Brussels resumes security reform talks with Ouagadougou

Togo
Drone maker Eos Tech is new favourite of French military cooperation

France, West Africa
France mulls how to get its second-hand military vehicles to West African allies

Senegal
Airbus, Arquus and Safran schmooze African decision-makers at Dakar Forum

Ivory Coast
General Doumbia to track armed groups on northern border with Delair drones

Togo
Arquus in Togo to sell its Bastion armoured vehicles

France, Ghana, Togo
France extends anti-jihadist air surveillance to Togo and Ghana