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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Voice of America As the fight against violent extremists in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province continues with a regional military force, the…
As Malawi was confronting what would end up being the deadliest cholera outbreak in its history, another menace waited offshore:…
The annual African Chiefs of Defense (CHoD) Conference 2023 offered a rare opportunity for military leaders to learn from fellow…
African nations have spent years working to equip Somalia’s fledgling government to achieve stability. As the African Union peacekeeping mission…
DEFENCEWEB Benin has added five helicopters — three H215 Super Pumas and two H125Ms — to its air fleet. The…
ADF STAFF | photos by CHRISTOPHER GARDNER, U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS To help Benin combat piracy and other maritime…
ADF STAFF The U.S. Army has awarded Boeing a contract to produce 12 new CH-47F Chinook helicopters for the Egyptian…
ADF STAFF Nigeria’s National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) is pushing to produce military weapons, vehicles and equipment…
ADF STAFF An Egyptian company has unveiled a domestically made command, control, communication, computers, cyber, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (C5ISR) system.…
ADF STAFF As internet use grows in West Africa, leaders are calling for better regional cooperation on cybersecurity. A joint…