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.
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Features

Viewpoint

U.S. Africa Command Staff It no longer takes an army or even traditional weapons to attack a nation. Some of the…

Features

Russia’s Influence Machine

ADF STAFF By the time Burkina Faso’s health ministry declared an epidemic of dengue fever on October 18, 2023, there already were thousands of cases and hundreds of deaths. The World Health Organization (WHO) said it was the West African country’s deadliest bout with the disease in years. Another dangerous outbreak quickly followed: a deluge…
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Rough Waters

ADF STAFF Some analysts worried that Somali pirates were staging a comeback when a Maltese-flagged merchant ship, the Ruen, was hijacked off the coast of…
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Hidden Cost

ADF STAFF As Russia’s Wagner Group expands its reach across Africa with promises of security and support for authoritarian leaders, nations that invited the…
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