MUSTAFA ELSAGEZLI Since 2011, Libya has gone through almost unimaginable turmoil with every aspect of society touched by violence. During…
Year: 2020
ADF STAFF One of the world’s largest maritime exercises included Djibouti in October and November 2019, providing training for African…
ADF STAFF When legendary Moroccan traveler Ibn Battuta made his way into what is now Somalia between 1330 and 1332, he…
ADF STAFF On an August day in the Malian village of Gossi, a group gathered to mark the opening of…
ADF STAFF | Photos by Reuters If any country should know about the disarmament, demobilization and reintegration of enemy fighters,…
ADF STAFF The proliferation of armed groups in Africa’s second-largest country has destabilized the nation for decades, but an incident…
Long-serving dictators have many tricks to help them hold onto power. One is a process known as “coup-proofing,” or building…
ADF STAFF | Photos by TECH. SGT. ASHLEY NICOLE TAYLOR/U.S. AIR FORCE The United States has sold six MD 530F…
VOICE OF AMERICA In Africa, hundreds of indigenous languages are on the verge of extinction. That includes at least 13…
AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Talal Afifi has worked for years to revive Sudanese cinema, which languished through three decades of authoritarian rule.…