As internet access expands, African nations have become a laboratory for malicious actors worldwide who…
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.
Mali’s military junta has failed to stem the momentum of the Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin…
Special Operations Forces operate in small, agile units, under a shroud of secrecy and with…
Africa continues to experience some of the world’s highest levels of crime and the lowest…
Nigeria’s security forces have reorganized and refocused their efforts along the country’s northern and western…
On a recent Wednesday at a pet crematory on the outskirts of Johannesburg, South African…
In the wake of a surge of refugees from neighboring Mali, Côte d’Ivoire is adding…
Abubakar Adamu began his military career with the Nigerian Army in 1987, years before the…
Since its inception in 2002, Boko Haram has become the second-deadliest terrorist organization in Africa,…
Africa loses an estimated $11.2 billion in annual revenue to illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU)…
Rear Adm. António Duarte Monteiro, chief of staff of the Cabo Verdean Armed Forces, spoke…