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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CLUES Humans have fished and hunted in the area for 2,000 years, creating shellfish mounds, some of which are several…
Brig. Gen. Oumarou Namata of Niger, the departing commander of the G5 Sahel Joint Force, spoke during a ceremony in…
AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE | photos by AFP/GETTY IMAGES Hundreds of children in Kipushi, a mining city in the southeastern Democratic Republic…
AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE In the northern Senegalese city of Saint-Louis, excavators are ripping up the beach to lay giant basalt blocks…
AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE During the week, Dr. Georges Bwelle, 49, specializes in intestinal surgery at the main hospital in Yaoundé, Cameroon’s…
ADF STAFF A member of Nigeria’s Formed Police Unit prepares to patrol Mogadishu as part of the African Union Mission in…
VOICE OF AMERICA Senegal will host the Youth Olympic Games in 2026 in what supporters hope will be the first…
ADF STAFF Nigeria hosted the inaugural Sahel Military Games with about 350 athletes from military forces participating in a weeklong…
Ethiopian runner Letesenbet Gidey smashed the women’s half-marathon world record in October 2021 by running 62 minutes and 52 seconds…