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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MONUSCO Joint patrols between the U.N. Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) and Congolese security…
ADF STAFF Kenya was among seven African nations to receive an array of equipment from the Indian Ocean Commission (IOC)…
U.S. AFRICA COMMAND PUBLIC AFFAIRS U.S. Special Operations Forces have conducted a civil affairs joint combined exchange training alongside the…
DEFENCEWEB France and South Africa, which share a maritime exclusive economic zone (EEZ) border, have completed the biennial Exercise Oxide.…
ADF STAFF The Maravi kingdom, which took up parts of what are now Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and eastern Zimbabwe, was…
CLUES Ibadi Muslims established a community in this region in the 10th century. Five fortified villages, or ksour, constitute walled…
Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is president of Ghana and chairman of the Economic Community of West African States Authority of…
ADF STAFF The fight against Boko Haram and other extremist groups has taken a mental toll on members of Nigeria’s…
ADF STAFF Burkina Faso has opened its first pharmaceutical manufacturing plant to make low-cost generic drugs and ensure the uninterrupted…