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.
Browsing: Africa Heartbeat
Kenya’s government is bringing some light — and hope — to Kibera, a sprawling slum on the outskirts of Nairobi.…
AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Westgate Shopping Mall was a symbol of Kenya’s growing well-heeled middle class: a vast market crammed with flat-screen…
ADF STAFF They are called “born frees,” South Africans born after the nation’s transition from apartheid to democracy. On May…
Adf staff A young boy sits on a stool, stares at a chalkboard, and writes in his notebook. His classroom is…
ADF STAFF The wide, languid Niger River is Africa’s third-longest at 4,200 kilometers. It stretches in a boomerang shape from…
ADF STAFF After more than a year of violence and instability, Malians walked to the polls and cast a vote…