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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Late 2023 saw a surge in intercommunal conflict in parts of South Sudan, resulting in 862 instances of death, injury,…
The African Union, by way of its Peace and Security Council, has endorsed a Southern African Development Community decision to…
ADF STAFF The Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces explosive devices team started 2024 by clearing improvised explosive devices (IED) on the…
ADF Staff The Lewis B. Puller-class expeditionary sea base USS Hershel “Woody” Williams completed its participation in Exercise Sea Lion…
DEFENCEWEB A group of South African Soldiers attached to the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the…
DEFENCEWEB Donations from Denmark and Japan will help the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) continue humanitarian mine action operations…
ADF STAFF Nearly 3,000 years have passed since the time of the North African conqueror known simply as Hannibal. Yet…
CLUES The Almoravids founded this city in 1061 A.D. as a military settlement. It mostly is associated with Sultan Moulay…
Lt. Gen. Francis Omondi Ogolla became chief of the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) in April 2023. He spoke October 14,…