New reporting sheds light on the painstaking intelligence collection, surveillance and cooperation that helped take…
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.
Mexican drug cartels have expanded and are increasingly producing methamphetamine in Africa. This was highlighted…
Morocco’s Benslimane industrial zone east of Casablanca is becoming a major hub for drone manufacturing,…
Decades after Mozambique’s Naparama fighters became famous during the country’s civil war, a new generation…
A complex war economy has emerged in Sudan that is depleting the country’s natural resources…
When Maj. Gen. Al-Nour Ahmed “al-Qubba” Adam defected from Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF)…
Several African nations have signed military cooperation agreements with Russia, pinning their hopes on Moscow…
With control of nearly 90% of Zimbabwe’s mining industry, Chinese companies are facing a new…
Russia’s Africa Corps is shifting fighters out of Mali’s northern regions to protect the capital…
As 2025 wound down, four African regions continued to endure terrorist threats: the Sahel, particularly…
Dr. Workneh Gebeyehu of Ethiopia, executive secretary of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), addressed…