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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.

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With Envoy, AU Works to Combat Genocide, Hate

ADF Apr 23, 2024 0

ADF STAFF The African Union named Senegalese human rights expert Adama Dieng to a newly created post: special envoy for Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities. It's an intimidating job considering the violent conflicts raging across…

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Chad, Cameroon, CAR Border Region a ‘Powder Keg’ of Crime

ADF Apr 23, 2024 0

ADF STAFF As kidnapping for ransom has become a source of income for terrorists and criminals in parts of the Lake Chad Basin, authorities say that several hundred victims remain in captivity. A new report from the Institute for Security…

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Corruption in Logging Decimates DRC Forests to Feed Foreign Markets

ADF Apr 23, 2024 0

ADF STAFF A new four-part investigation by the Pulitzer Center Rainforest Investigations Network and The Africa Report shows how trees felled in the Democratic Republic of the Congo make their way across borders with the help of official…

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Ethnic Violence Still Plagues Central Africa Decades After Genocide

ADF Apr 23, 2024 0

ADF STAFF Although many Rwandans feel their country has made significant progress since the 1994 genocide, tensions between Hutu- and Tutsi-led rebel groups continue to this day and have fueled violence in the eastern Democratic…

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Ethiopia Teeters Amid Ethnic Conflicts

ADF Apr 23, 2024 0

ADF STAFF Gunfire echoed between sleek glass buildings in Addis Ababa on April 12. The city’s relative peace was shattered by a shootout between security forces and three members of an Amhara militant group. One of Ethiopia’s many ethnic…

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With Arms Embargo Lifted, Somalia Urged to Secure Ports, Protect Depots

ADF Apr 23, 2024 0

ADF STAFF Months after the United Nations Security Council voted to lift a weapons embargo on Somalia, experts are weighing the impact of the move. For more than 30 years, Somalia was under the embargo that was created to prevent warlords…

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Ghana Hones its Maritime Mettle at Exercise Sea Lion 2024

ADF Apr 23, 2024 0

ADF STAFF The Ghana Armed Forces in March participated in Exercise Sea Lion 2024, a timely weeklong maritime security exercise designed to sharpen the nation’s maritime security skills. Ghana’s Chief of the Defence Staff, Lt. Gen.…

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In Sierra Leone, Addicts Rob Graves to Produce ‘Zombie Drug’

ADF Apr 23, 2024 0

ADF STAFF Sierra Leonean President Julius Maadi Bio in early April declared a national emergency over rampant drug abuse, particularly of kush, a powerful, synthetic psychoactive drug that has killed hundreds of users. Known for its…

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M23 Offensive Sparks Fears of Regional War

ADF Apr 16, 2024 0

ADF STAFF Intensifying gun battles and explosions drove Prudent Kahindo and her three children from their home in February. When they arrived at an informal camp for displaced people outside the city of Goma, they found their lives were no…

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Russia Uses Grain Shipments to Exert Influence on African Nations

ADF Apr 16, 2024 0

ADF STAFF The Russian invasion of Ukraine in early 2022 disrupted grain shipments to countries across Africa. In response, Russia has begun shipping free grain to six African countries, but those shipments come with strings attached.…