2024

ADF STAFF After nearly a year under the control of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), West Darfur has become a new front in the conflict between Sudan’s warring generals. In recent weeks, the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and…

ADF STAFF A regional office for innovative gender-based violence solutions in Southern Africa is in the works, according to the Zambian Defense Force (ZDF). That was just one product of a workshop in Lusaka from September 23 to October 2…

U.S. Africa Command Staff It no longer takes an army or even traditional weapons to attack a nation. Some of the most devastating attacks can be carried out using only a computer, a mobile phone or other off-the-shelf technology. …

Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema addressed the 12th African Land Forces Summit in Livingstone, Zambia, on April 24, 2024. The theme of the conference was “Regional Solutions to Transnational Problems.” Hichilema was the first head of…

ADF STAFF The Tanzania Forest Services Agency is adding drones to the tools it uses to protect dwindling woodland areas, which are under pressure from a variety of sources. “Drone technology is important because it will help us cover…

DEFENCEWEB Kenya’s Ministry of Defence co-hosted an inaugural workshop on the responsible use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the military in June 2024. The Netherlands and South Korea co-hosted the two-day event in Nairobi.…

ADF STAFF The 13th iteration of the East African Community’s (EAC) regional field training exercise, Ushirikiano Imara 2024, brought together regional partner nations to enhance capabilities among military, police and civilian components…

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…

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 Somalia in December 2023, marking the first successful attack on such a ship in the…

ADF STAFF Maj. Gen. Simon Motswana Barwabatsile is commander of Ground Forces Command and is Joint Force commander for the Botswana Defence Force (BDF). He joined the BDF in March 1989 and rose through the ranks as a commander of armored…