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ADF STAFF  |  photos by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS When it comes to bragging rights, Nigeria and Ghana are rivals in many things. These days, it’s football and a festive rice dish. The latest edition of the intense rivalry came at the end…

ADF STAFF Google has partnered with Mali’s traditional leaders to digitize tens of thousands of ancient manuscripts from the city of Timbuktu. Political unrest in the nation’s north has endangered the manuscripts. In 2013, extremists…

ADF STAFF Tanzanian filmmakers have released the country’s first film to be streamed on Netflix. “Binti” is a story about the lives and struggles of four women surviving extreme hardship in Dar es Salaam. The film is about the painful…

DEFENCEWEB  |  photos by EUROPEAN UNION Naval leaders from the European Union and Nigeria met to pledge a strong partnership to combat threats at sea.  Held on April 7, 2022, the first-ever Joint Event on Strengthening Nigeria-EU…

U.N. ASSISTANCE MISSION IN SOMALIA  |  Photos by EUCAP SOMALIA Somalia’s maritime capabilities received a boost on March 30, 2022, with the inauguration of a state-of-the-art facility for the Somali Police Force (SPF) in the capital,…

DEFENCEWEB Cabo Verdean and U.S. forces made a major drug bust after intercepting a suspicious vessel during a joint maritime law enforcement operation.  On April 1, 2022, Cabo Verdean authorities and U.S. Sailors aboard the…