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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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…
AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Music superstars Johnny Clegg and Youssou N’Dour paid homage June 15, 2014, to late South African icon Nelson…
AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE On Cape Town’s waterfront at the southern tip of Africa, the world’s biggest museum of contemporary art from…
The film Africa United was screened at the 2014 Rwanda Film Festival. It tells the story of three Rwandan children…
AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE The social media giant Facebook has unveiled an app to allow people who have mobile phones but no…
Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama, left, and Jay Ireland, president and CEO of GE Africa, discuss expanding access to power…
Lake Turkana Wind Power officials check a mast that measures wind direction and speed at a study site in Loiyangalani,…
DEFENCEWEB The Mauritanian Navy has unveiled a five-year development plan that includes the acquisition of two 60-meter offshore patrol vessels…