Africa’s five most militarised economies spent more than $33 billion on defence in 2025, highlighting how a small group of countries continues to dominate the continent’s military expenditure amid persistent security pressures

Fifteen years after NATO’s intervention plunged Libya into prolonged instability, North Africa is witnessing a new military build-up led by Algeria and Morocco, which spent a…

Kenya remained East Africa's biggest military spender in 2025, outspending Uganda and Tanzania by a wide margin.