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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.

COVID-19

Continent Still Struggles With COVID-19 Corruption

ADF Aug 10, 2022 0

ADF STAFF Minutes after dropping her daughter off at school on August 23, 2021, Babita Deokaran returned to her home in south Johannesburg, where she was killed in a hail of bullets by paid assassins. The Gauteng health department chief…

COVID-19

Fact-Checking COVID-19 Misinformation

ADF Aug 10, 2022 0

This article is part of an ongoing series. For more debunked COVID-19 claims visit the first article in the series. ADF STAFF Social media can be an effective tool to spread accurate information about COVID-19 and help guard…

COVID-19

BA.4, BA.5 Strains Beat Immunity Better Than Predecessors

ADF Aug 10, 2022 0

ADF STAFF After giving rise to a new wave of infections in South Africa, the BA.4 and BA.5 strains of COVID-19’s omicron variant are rapidly sweeping through other countries because of changes that make the strains more contagious and more…

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Sickle Cell Trait Increases COVID-19 Death Risk for Millions

ADF Aug 10, 2022 0

ADF STAFF Nearly one-third of the people living in Sub-Saharan Africa could be at a greater risk of dying from COVID-19 because they carry the genetic marker for sickle cell disease, according to a new study looking at how the two diseases…

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Experts Urge Domestic Capacity to Offset Food Shortages Caused by Russian Invasion of Ukraine

ADF Aug 9, 2022 0

ADF STAFF Africa agriculture experts are calling for countries across the continent to increase their capacity for local food production to avoid future food shocks like the one created by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The invasion that…

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Report: Time for West African Nations to Rethink Fishing Deals

ADF Aug 9, 2022 0

ADF STAFF West African governments should consider renegotiating deals with foreign distant-water fishing companies that often offer little benefit to either party, according to a maritime expert at Duke University. Analyzing 2017…

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Experts Say Resurgent Islamic State Group Is Expanding in Africa

ADF Aug 9, 2022 0

ADF STAFF Recent media campaigns by the Islamic State group have encouraged fighters to pursue hijra, or migration, to Africa and foster extremism. Experts predict more terrorism on the continent. Since the Islamic State terrorist…

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K-9 Units Help South Africa’s Park Rangers Sniff Out Poachers

ADF Aug 9, 2022 0

ADF STAFF Highly trained dogs recently helped arrest three poachers suspected of killing rhinos in South Africa’s Kruger National Park. Rangers in helicopters spotted one dead rhino and an injured rhino after tourists alerted them to…

COVID-19

COVID-19 Set Back South African Girls’ Education

ADF Aug 3, 2022 0

ADF STAFF From early childhood development to primary and secondary education, the impact of COVID-19 on the basic education system will be felt for years to come. In South Africa, the pandemic has reversed 20 years of gains made by the…

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Kenya Opens Medical Oxygen Plant in Nakuru

ADF Aug 3, 2022 0

ADF STAFF As Kenya grappled with its sixth wave of COVID-19 infections, it opened an oxygen plant that will supply health care facilities in Nakuru, about 160 kilometers northwest of Nairobi. Launched in early July, the plant will…