Prime

Turkey keeps US, China on toes for lucrative arms market in Africa

Ethiopian soldiers hold their guns after training.

Ethiopian soldiers hold their guns after training. Turkey has emerged as a key supplier of arms to African countries. PHOTO | FILE

By  Allan Olingo

Nation Media Group

Geopolitics, imports of military hardware, security and Covid recovery topped the agenda in the most recent Turkey-Africa Partnership Summit held in Istanbul.

As Turkish President Recep Erdogan sat down with a host of African leaders on December 18, his country’s military dealings with the continent was top of the agenda.

Related

Be the First to Know

Get the stories shaping East Africa — delivered straight to your inbox

Conflict

  1. PRIME A regional war: Ethiopia troop pullout plan puts Somalia security under new strain

  2. Explainer: Why new war in Ethiopia’s Tigray threatens to trigger wider conflict

  3. Ethiopia, Sudan junta bicker again over RSF support claims

  4. PRIME East Africa’s oil rivalry is missing the bigger energy security question

Latest

  1. Airstrikes and artillery hit north Ethiopia as government and rebels clash, sources say

  2. PRIME Horn of Africa crisis deepens as Egypt challenges AU on Ethiopia stance

  3. WFP driver killed in airstrike on Sudan aid convoy

  4. PRIME EAC arrears hit $125m, eclipses bloc’s annual budget

In the headlines

View All