2020

ADF STAFF Experts point to China’s enormous fishing fleet as a cause of economic and environmental harm around the world. Since China began building its distant-water fishing fleet in the mid-1990s, it has become the world’s worst…

ADF STAFF When he decided to defect from the extremist group al-Shabaab, Abdul was overwhelmed with fear. But he had a plan and a phone. His family found someone they trusted to take him to a safehouse. “At the beginning I walked…

ADF STAFF Above the busy streets of Kampala, Nairobi and other cities, closed-circuit cameras keep an unwavering watch on the people moving beneath them. The cameras are part of Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei’s Safe City…

ADF STAFF Dr. John Nkengasong has won acclaim as the face of Africa’s fight against COVID-19. Now, the director of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) faces, perhaps, his toughest challenge as he pushes for…

ADF STAFF As African nations prepare for a second wave of COVID-19, the Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has encouraged immediate testing for anyone with symptoms and has urged countries to exercise caution…

ADF STAFF A year after COVID-19 entered the global vocabulary, the announcement of new vaccines has raised hopes that life soon may return to normal. Across Africa, public health leaders say the continent still faces some darkness before…

U.S. Africa Command Staff If 2020 has taught Africa — and the world — anything, it’s that it is crucial to be prepared for everything. That means scanning the threat horizon and getting ready for what is coming next. It also means…

Gen. Adem Mohammed, chief of general staff of the Ethiopian National Defence Force, spoke during the opening ceremony of the African Land Forces Summit, a conference co-hosted by U.S. Army Africa in Addis Ababa on February 18, 2020. His…

AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Tunisia’s Interior Ministry deployed a police robot to patrol the streets of the capital and enforce a lockdown imposed in March 2020 to help the country battle the spread of COVID-19. Known as PGuard, the…

AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE A chestnut horse appears on a dusty Bangui street, trotting among the bashed-up cars, motorbike taxis and crumbling buildings. The rider is a well-known figure in the capital of the Central African Republic (CAR):…