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Africa Heartbeat
Joining Hands Across Water, Sky
ADF STAFF
Aircraft from the Royal Moroccan Air Force and U.S. Navy Carrier Air Wing 3 flew over the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower in the Atlantic Ocean on March 3, 2021, during exercise Lightning Handshake. The…
Scaling the Hill Toward Security Together
ADF STAFF
United States and Moroccan forces met to plan for the June 2021 African Lion exercise, which brought together more than 7,000 troops from Morocco, Senegal, Tunisia, the U.S. and elsewhere. Planners considered this hill in…
Shaking Off the Stress of COVID-19
Imagine the stress of being a health worker on duty during a deadly global pandemic.
Personal protective equipment is in short supply. The disease, COVID-19, is highly contagious and can spread quickly. Those sickest with the virus…
His Life Spanned Generations
AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
Photos by AFP/GETTY IMAGES
When Fredie Blom was born, the automobile was in its infancy, the first airplane was less than a year old and World War I was in the future.
More than 116 years later, Blom still got…
Clothing Imports Strain a Nation’s Fabric
ADF STAFF
When legendary Moroccan traveler Ibn Battuta made his way into what is now Somalia between 1330 and 1332, he took note of the extraordinary woven cloth he found in the Horn of Africa.
In those days, Somalia was a major…
A Scene of Calm in a Land of Strife
ADF STAFF
Sometimes, scenes of serenity and calm can be found close to anxiety and unrest. This young Congolese boy would seem to have found just such a spot. He rested along a road connecting the small town of Rudaya, Democratic…