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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.

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Al-Shabaab Could Capitalize on Somalia-Ethiopia Tensions

ADF Dec 3, 2024 0

ADF STAFF Somali President Hassan Sheik Mohamud has been so focused on his rift with Ethiopia over its port deal with Somaliland that he might be leaving an opening for al-Shabaab, according to Selam Tadesse Demissie, a researcher at the…

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U.N. Honors 25 Years of Protecting African Civilians

ADF Dec 3, 2024 0

ADF STAFF The United Nations recently marked an important anniversary on the continent — 25 years of actively protecting civilians with its peacekeeping missions. On October 22, 1999, the U.N. Security Council ended its observer mission…

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Reports Detail Forced Youth Conscription in Ethiopia

ADF Dec 3, 2024 0

ADF STAFF Tedla Hirigo, 17, worked as a street vendor in Adama city in Ethiopia’s Oromia region on November 11 when police detained him. “When I visited the station in the evening, officers told me that he would be sent to a military…

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DRC Struggles to Control Illegal Chinese Gold Mining Operations

ADF Nov 26, 2024 0

ADF STAFF In the town of Kamituga, in the heavily forested eastern reaches of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, artisanal gold mining is big business. Thousands of people in South Kivu province work in vast open-pit mines in the faint…

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M23 Rebels ‘Version 2’ Seeks to Build Stronghold in DRC

ADF Nov 26, 2024 0

ADF STAFF Heavily armed M23 rebels sat in trucks and on motorcycles at a checkpoint along the Sake-Kilolirwe-Kitshanga road in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. They stopped every traveler, took stock of their…

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Phoenix Express Tests Maritime Security Cooperation in Mediterranean

ADF Nov 26, 2024 0

ADF STAFF Members of the Armed Forces of Mauritania huddled close as their vessel sliced through the Mediterranean Sea toward a ship on the horizon. Once beside the ship, the military forces boarded it, one by one. With guns drawn,…

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RSF Accused Of Widespread Sexual Violence in Sudan

ADF Nov 26, 2024 0

ADF STAFF Sexual violence against women and girls of all ages is rampant in war-torn Sudan, including rape, gang rape, forced marriages and sexual slavery. A new United Nations report found that the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia is…

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New AU Mission in Somalia Will Have Defined Mandate, Huge Challenges

ADF Nov 26, 2024 0

ADF STAFF The new African Union Support and Stabilization Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM) is expected to differ significantly from previous AU missions in the country. While the previous missions struggled with multiple, sometimes…

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Uganda Gets Second Portable Hospital

ADF Nov 26, 2024 0

ADF STAFF The United States has provided a second $5.5 million state-of-the-art Level 2 field hospital to the Ugandan military to help with rapid deployment to regional peacekeeping missions, humanitarian emergencies and medical crises.…

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Banditry Roils Nigeria’s North West Region

ADF Nov 26, 2024 0

ADF STAFF The Nigerian Air Force, working as part of Operation Hadarin Daji, killed Zamfara-based bandit leader Kachalla Halilu Sububu on September 12, avenging his deadly 2021 attack on a Katsina military base. “In a decisive joint…