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 Training for Comoran Soldiers and gendarmes can be tough — out of more than 900 people who enrolled…
ADF STAFF Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana launched a joint security operation called Koudanlgou II in the southern and…
ADF STAFF Ethiopia’s Air Force bombed an al-Shabaab encampment, killing two of the group’s leaders. The January 24, 2019, bombing…
BBC NEWS AT BBC.CO.UK/NEWS A report on physical inactivity across the globe found that Uganda is the world’s most active…
WORLD BANK Madagascar’s public education spending fell in 2009 after a political crisis, putting thousands of children at risk of…
AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE It’s Wednesday, 2 p.m. sharp in the densely populated South African township of Ivory Park —time for about…
VOICE OF AMERICA The World Health Organization (WHO) says Africans are living longer and healthier lives. But the WHO warns…
VOICE OF AMERICA An international money transfer company has launched an online service for East Africans to send and receive…
REUTERS Morocco has inaugurated Africa’s fastest train, which promises to cut in half the traveling times between the commercial and…
ADF STAFF The kingdom of Zimbabwe fell into decline in the early 15th century. Some historians say the region was…