"Last year military spending there grew by 8.3%, according to the
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), faster than in
other parts of the world (see chart). Two out of three African countries have substantially increased
military spending over the past decade; the continent as a whole raised
military expenditure by 65%, after it had stagnated for the previous 15
years. Angola’s defence budget increased by more than one-third in 2013, to
$6 billion, overtaking South Africa as the biggest spender in
sub-Saharan Africa. Other countries with rocketing defence budgets
include Burkina Faso, Ghana, Namibia, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe. The
continent’s biggest spender by far is Algeria, at $10 billion".
