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 Sudan and South Sudan have signed a joint defense and military cooperation agreement, the latest indication of improved…
AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Troops from Niger have freed 11 villagers, four of them children, who had been seized by Boko Haram…
AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE A Malawian court sentenced members of a trafficking ring to a total of 56 years in prison for…
AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Ivoirian forces captured an extremist leader and a large number of fighters responsible for an attack on a…
ADF STAFF After a push to recruit and train more female pilots, the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) announced it had…
ADF STAFF As desert locusts spread across East Africa in February 2020, Uganda deployed 2,000 Soldiers to battle the pests.…
ADF STAFF France and several of its allies have announced the formation of a new task force to fight terrorist…
ADF STAFF The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) killed several top Boko Haram commanders during airstrikes on settlements near Lake Chad.…
U.S. AFRICA COMMAND U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) hosted senior members of the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) to discuss long-term defense…
BBC NEWS AT BBC.CO.UK/NEWS Mozambican authorities detained 12 Iranians suspected of shipping drugs off the coast of the northern province…