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 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…
ADF STAFF Authorities seized 3,000 rifles, hundreds of rounds of ammunition and antitank missiles from a fishing vessel in the…
ADF STAFF The Tanzania Navy deployed a vessel in the Mozambique Channel to help the Southern African Development Community (SADC)…
U.N. PEACEKEEPING The Egyptian Formed Police Unit, deployed in Douentza, Mali, as part of the U.N. mission (MINUSMA) in 2017,…
U.N. PEACEKEEPING To fulfill their mandate of protecting civilians, peacekeepers serving with the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the…
Failures of United Nations peacekeeping missions have been highly publicized, but recent studies show reason for optimism. The evidence, collected…
ADF STAFF Indonesian Transport Minister Budi Karya Sumadi and his Guinean counterpart Felix Lamah have signed a letter of intent,…
ADF STAFF African maritime leaders joined their international counterparts in Sal Island, Cabo Verde, for the first African Maritime Forces…