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 Malawi has begun a mass distribution of mosquito nets to reach as many of the country’s 19 million…
REUTERS An adjusted version of an established drug against schistosomiasis, a tropical parasitic worm disease, has been shown to work…
ADF STAFF The age of the oldest fossils in eastern Africa widely recognized as representing the human species has long…
ADF STAFF Since late 2019, the Greater Horn of Africa region has been dealing with the worst desert locust invasion…
ADF STAFF In the past, Benin was perhaps best known for its cotton exports and its bright clothing designs. But…
REUTERS In late 2021, Nopea Ride, Kenya’s electric taxi fleet service, opened an electric vehicle (EV) charging hub at Village…
REUTERS In Nigeria, a country heavily reliant on revenues from its oil exports, entrepreneur Ifedolapo Runsewe has identified another type…
ADF STAFF In 1861, 3,000 heavily armed female Soldiers charged a thorny wall during a skills demonstration. King Glele, their…
CLUES Humans have fished and hunted in the area for 2,000 years, creating shellfish mounds, some of which are several…