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 Abebe Bikila’s run to international fame started by accident. Abebe had wanted to run the marathon for Ethiopia…
Clues This complex served as the home of the sovereigns of the Kingdom of Imerina in the 17th and 18th…
West of the town of Upington, South Africa, is mostly desert. But nearby a tower looms on the horizon. It…
AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Sam Brown Jr. grins and flashes a thumbs-up as he snaps onto his longboard, taming the monstrous wave…
Maj. Gen. Cyprien Ndikuriyo of Burundi’s Ministry of Defense and War Veterans spoke on June 24, 2014, at the…
BBC NEWS AT BBC.CO.UK/NEWS Entrepreneurs Nissan Bahar and Franky Imbesi are increasing computer access by providing an operating system on…
JAMES JEFFREY/IPS AFRICA In the Entoto Mountains, workers are completing Ethiopia’s first observatory. Studying stars and galaxies will be vital…
ADF STAFF They are called “born frees,” South Africans born after the nation’s transition from apartheid to democracy. On May…
AMISOM The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) has given 4,500 durable footballs to the government of Somalia to promote…