By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Le Monde
Franco-German defence cooperation faces another setback with the abandonment of the SCAF fighter jet project and questions over a tank project, valued at €200 billion. The assessment was made at the Franco-German parliamentary assembly, according to Le Monde.
Nigeria and Türkiye signed nine strategic agreements during Bola Tinubu’s state visit to Ankara in January, covering defence, drones and military training. Türkiye’s ambassador to Nigeria, Mehmet Poroy, said the two countries aim to increase trade from about $2 billion to $5 billion, according to This Day.
🇳🇬 Nigeria · Source: ThisDay ·
Ivory Coast’s budget committees approved 1.766 trillion CFA francs for the ministries of Defence, Interior and Security, and Justice. Defence will receive 561.57 billion CFA francs, up from 491.59 billion in 2026, according to AIP.
🇨🇮 Ivory Coast · Source: AIP ·
The Sudanese army says it shot down two hostile drones, one southeast of Ed Daein in eastern Darfur and the other south of Ayal Bakhit in West Kordofan. The strikes are part of a series of drone attacks that air defences say they have repelled, according to a statement relayed by Baj News.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Source: Baj News ·
Anthropic, the US company behind the Claude chatbot, plans to offer 825 million shares at a price of between $70 and $78 in its initial public offering. This would value it at around $1.4 trillion, according to France 24, as investors worry about the risks of the AI boom.
🇺🇸 United States · Source: France 24 ·
EU pledges €50 million to secure the Black SeaThe European Union pledges €50 million to accelerate the creation of a joint maritime security centre between Bulgaria and Romania. The facility is intended in particular to centralise navigation information and monitor threats after at least nine cargo ships were attacked in October, according to Reuters.
South Darfur security committee saves Nyala marketThe South Darfur State security committee cancelled the decision to allocate the Al-Tabaldiya market site in Nyala for the construction of a private school, allowing the historic market to remain. Open since 1980, it serves a neighbourhood whose nearest alternative market is about five kilometres away, according to locality executive director Musa Al-Sheikh, quoted by Radio Tamazuj.The week in Africa
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