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Relyant hastily sets up provisional base for NAF's future A-29 combat aircraft

The Pentagon has hired an American firm to carry out emergency upgrades to the Kainji military base in northern Nigeria for it to be ready for the Super Tucano planes offered to the Nigerian Air Force and due to arrive in April. [...]

Published on 08/09/2020 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Nigeria
Relyant hastily sets up provisional base for NAF's future A-29 combat aircraft

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Washington strives to contain Cabo Delgado crisis

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