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Tekever takes its drones to the Mediterranean to cash in on fortress Europe

The Portuguese maker of surveillance UAVs is to give Tunisia's defence ministry a demonstration of its wares. It has its eye on a slice of EU funding for programmes in Tunisia and Libya aimed at preventing irregular migrants reaching its borders. [...]

Published on 22/06/2021 at 05:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Tunisia
Tekever takes its drones to the Mediterranean to cash in on fortress Europe

West Africa
Frontex beefs up presence in Canary Islands to tackle Atlantic migration

Gabon
State teams up with private sector to tackle growing piracy

Tunisia
Tunis grounds plan to buy second-hand Kuwaiti F-18s

In Focus | North Africa
How ICMPD, a champion of migrant 'assisted return', became an EU project manager

European Union, North Africa
Frontex plans to fly surveillance balloons over southern Mediterranean

Libya, Tunisia
Rome to renovate third and last Libyan patrol boat in dry dock in Bizerte

North Africa
Frontex's Mediterranean expenses shoot up as fast as its spy planes

Africa, Senegal
Portugal's Tekever harnesses its French connections to expand into Africa

Tunisia
Soldier, sailor, coastguard: drone specialist Schiebel keen to cater to all

Morocco, Tunisia
Plenty of interest to supply Rabat and Tunis with EU-funded counter-migration aircraft