The Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin terror group unexpectedly stormed the northern Burkina Faso town of…
Africa Defense Forum
ADF is a professional military magazine published quarterly by U.S. Africa Command to provide an international forum for African security professionals. ADF covers topics such as counter terrorism strategies, security and defense operations, transnational crime, and all other issues affecting peace, stability, and good governance on the African continent.
Moroccan Royal Armed Forces Brig. Gen. Aziz Idrissi Yazami stood in front of a packed…
It is around midnight and a Namibian vessel’s radar detects a foreign trawler notorious for…
In a continent brimming with conflict, Kenya stands as an example of effective peacebuilding. Borne…
Shipments of high-tech weapons from Yemen’s Houthi rebels to terror groups in Somalia could undermine…
Mustafa Ibrahim was in a financial bind. The 48-year-old was a welder in a suburb…
Since arriving in Mali almost four years ago, Russia’s Wagner Group mercenaries have kidnapped, imprisoned…
Zimbabwe lost one of its most experienced pilots, Ritswanetsi Vuyo Ncube, when his fighter jet…
In 2024, a United Nations monitoring team reported that the relationship between Somalia’s al-Shabaab terrorist…
Africa is now the continent most affected by terrorism. Each day, an average of eight…
Amina J. Mohammed of Nigeria is deputy secretary-general of the United Nations and chair of…