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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AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Rwanda is trying to reinvent itself as a regional high-tech hub by rolling out free citywide, and eventually…
ADF STAFF The wide, languid Niger River is Africa’s third-longest at 4,200 kilometers. It stretches in a boomerang shape from…
REUTERS The 2013 winner of the Tour de France, Chris Froome, says Kenya has a rich pool of endurance athletes…
AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE A long-awaited film on the life of anti-apartheid hero Nelson Mandela premiered in his native South Africa on…
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Togo’s first competitor at the Winter Olympics, cross-country skier Mathilde-Amivi Petitjean, did not expect to win a…
REUTERS The European Union has signed a development grant with Ethiopia worth $287.26 million to help finance road construction and…
REUTERS At Cape Town’s Elswood Secondary School, even the metal grills welded into its walls did not deter burglars from…
REUTERS Tanzania, famed for its safari parks beneath snow-capped Mount Kilimanjaro, estimated that it attracted 40 percent more tourists in…
MAGHAREBIA.COM In a move described as the largest border mobilization in recent history, Algeria announced in October 2013 that it…
ADF STAFF The Nigerian Navy announced plans to build commercial warships that can be exported to other African countries. Vice…