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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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The United Nations Security Council has backed reforms to reduce inefficiencies, corruption and abuse in far-flung peacekeeping…
AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE The French Navy conducted a series of 10-day regional exercises named African NEMO (Navy’s Exercise for Maritime Operations)…
AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE A Nigerian lawyer who helped secure the release of more than 100 schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram in…
SABC The African Union announced it has begun collecting funds from member states as part of a larger effort to…
LUSAKA AGREEMENT TASK FORCE The Lusaka Agreement Task Force (LATF) has shut down an international syndicate that was smuggling ivory…
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION, WIRE REPORTS The World Health Organization (WHO) elected Dr. Tedros Adhanom of Ethiopia as its director general, the…
AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Moussa Faki Mahamat, former foreign minister of Chad, assumed office as head of the African Union Commission, pledging…
ADF STAFF Tunisian authorities announced they have stopped more than 27,000 young people from joining terror groups since 2012. Interior…
AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Tanzania sentenced its most notorious poacher, nicknamed “The Devil,” to 12 years in prison for running an ivory…
REUTERS Nigeria and Morocco have signed a joint venture to construct a gas pipeline that will connect the two nations…