Recent releases of defence expenditure data raised questions about North Africa's procurement spending on military equipment. And so the question remains whether the billions spent in the region's Armed Forces should be a source of concern or are we over-thinking it? Indeed a lot of money is being spent on military equipment in North Africa, but despite the billions of dollars earmarked by governments to beef up their defences, popular uprisings are proven to be more difficult to quell.
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