2024

ADF STAFF When reports surfaced in late April that the Burkinabe Army massacred hundreds of civilians, its military-led government sprang into action. It suspended a host of media outlets, blocked websites, and shut down radio and…

ADF STAFF In early 2023, Ugandan officials arrested a 24-year-old man from the Democratic Republic of the Congo who had entered the country illegally with forged documents. In his luggage they found $500,000 in counterfeit money. Two…

ADF STAFF One of the many points of pride in the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) is its embrace of gender equality and policies to integrate women into the military. Lt. Cdr. Priscilla Ami Dogbeda Dzokoto, the first female commanding officer of…

ADF STAFF Two Gulf countries are playing an outsized role in Sudan’s civil war as they compete for diplomatic and military influence. Rivals Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have been accused of making Sudan’s conflict more…

ADF STAFF Sub-Saharan Africa plays a major role in the global illicit trade in wildlife materials, particularly in the flow of materials into Asia, according to a new analysis by the United Nations. Pangolins, whose scales are a popular…

ADF STAFF The Islamic State group is operating in new places and using new tactics in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province after losing key leaders and being driven from former bases. The IS has increased the use of improvised explosive…

ADF STAFF Mozambican Defense and Security Forces have developed a strong relationship with residents of the Quissanga district in the embattled Cabo Delgado province since they deployed before municipal elections last year. The…

ADF STAFF More than 20 chiefs of air staff from across the continent came together in Nigeria to discuss innovating and integrating technology to enhance regional security. Air Marshal Hasan Bala Abubakar marked the 60th anniversary of…

ADF STAFF Souleymane Faye, a retired Senegalese fisherman, watched with dismay as a group of sea-weary artisanal fishermen hauled their colorful canoes ashore in Bargny, about 15 kilometers east of Dakar. “Look, they’ve just arrived,”…

ADF STAFF Dozens of Soldiers streamed into the airport terminal in northern Ghana with helicopters circling overhead and smoke grenades providing cover. The dramatic simulated raid in Tamale was the climax of this year’s 11-day Exercise…