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 The Hajj, the annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia, dates to the seventh century, the time…
CLUES Walled towns and settlements, known as paletas, were built on high plains or hills to provide a strategic and…
Rear Adm. Oumar Wade, Senegalese Navy chief of staff, spoke during the closing ceremony of the multinational Exercise Obangame Express…
AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE The hospital room is air-cooled to feel like a pangolin’s burrow. The patient, Lumbi, is syringe-fed with a…
AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Construction workers in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, are building a barrier around a primary forest in the center of…
ADF STAFF Diébédo Francis Kéré of Burkina Faso has won the 2022 Pritzker Architecture Prize, making him the first African…
ADF STAFF | photos by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS When it comes to bragging rights, Nigeria and Ghana are rivals in…
ADF STAFF Google has partnered with Mali’s traditional leaders to digitize tens of thousands of ancient manuscripts from the city…
ADF STAFF Tanzanian filmmakers have released the country’s first film to be streamed on Netflix. “Binti” is a story about…