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ADF STAFF For a nation’s military to be ethical and effective, it must adhere to certain objective standards. Chief among those is its willingness to be subjected to civilian rule. That has not always been the case with African…

ADF STAFF There’s a new armed group striking terror in the people of Mali. The fighters speak a strange language. They don’t look like the locals. They converge on villages accompanied by Malian soldiers. Their ostensible mission is…

AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE In Libya, despite years of violence and rebellion, a national love of horses remains unabated. A May 2022 horse show in Misrata attracted Libyans from every corner of the country, and, over the course of three…

ADF STAFF Organizers of Côte d’Ivoire’s annual Popo Carnival have big ambitions. They hope it can grow to rival Carnival in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, considered the biggest such event in the world. The Rio carnival attracts 2 million…

ADF STAFF In the women’s marathon at the track and field World Championships in July 2022, Ethiopian runner Gotytom Gebreslase took the gold medal with a record time of 2 hours, 18 minutes, 11 seconds.  The next day, Ethiopian Tamirat…

DEFENCEWEB African defense companies say they can fill a gap to supply the United Nations with goods and services to support missions on the continent and beyond. Sandile Ndlovu, CEO of the South African Aerospace, Maritime and…

ARMY UNIVERSITY Two Liberian military leaders were inducted into the U.S. Command and General Staff College (CGSC) International Hall of Fame. Liberian Minister of Defense, retired Maj. Gen. Daniel Dee Ziankahn Jr., and Chief of Staff…

ADF STAFF The U.S. will provide $14 million per year over the next decade to help rebuild areas of Mozambique affected by terrorism. U.S. Under-Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland announced the funding at a Maputo…

UN NEWS A Zimbabwean peacekeeper received one of the United Nations’ top awards in recognition of her work to promote gender equality and protect women in South Sudan. In a May 2022 ceremony, Maj. Winnet Zharare of Zimbabwe was named…

GHANA NAVY The Ghana Navy has launched a paperless system that, it says, will save money, make administrative functions faster and decentralize access to routine orders. It also will let personnel share information person-to-person and…