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.
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ADF STAFF When they feel sick, many Nigerians head straight to the pharmacy. But West Africa’s long history of counterfeit…
ADF STAFF When Dr. Abdullahi Sheikdon Dini and his partners decided to open Mogadishu’s only diagnostic laboratory, they were focused…
ADF STAFF As Africa fights the COVID-19 pandemic, health and medical officials wield an increasingly powerful weapon: digital technology. The…
ADF STAFF A trip to the doctor in Dakar, Senegal, could mean meeting first with “Dr. Car,” a remote-operated robot…
ADF STAFF Public health centers in Niamey, Niger’s capital, and Zinder, its third-largest city, have received personal protective equipment, clinical…
ADF STAFF A U.S. donation of three four-wheel-drive vehicles to Rwanda Medical Centre helps the country’s health care workers conduct…
ADF STAFF The COVID-19 pandemic has hit Africa hard, more so with economic devastation than high death tolls and overwhelmed…
ADF STAFF First came the COVID-19 pandemic, then the economic fallout. Now several countries in East Africa are reevaluating their…
ADF STAFF The U.S. has delivered 50 potentially lifesaving ventilators to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The donation…
ADF STAFF Namibian health care workers received added protection against COVID-19 when the U.S. delivered 11,000 face shields and 3,000…