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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For nearly two decades, the island country of Mauritius has aspired to be a technical and financial force on the…
CAPT. NOLUKHANYO NDLELENI, LESOTHO DEFENCE FORCE Women are a crucial part of the Lesotho Defence Force (LDF). They make up…
Things did not go as planned. On May 15, 2020, 10 pirates boarded the Chinese-flagged Hailufeng 11, subdued the 18…
ADF STAFF A Malawian court sentenced nine members of the Lin-Zhang wildlife trafficking gang to a total of more than 56…
ADF STAFF In The Gambia, rosewood is big business. China merchants buy it — hundreds of thousands of metric tons…
ADF STAFF A visitor to Lusaka, Zambia’s capital city, doesn’t need to go far to see China’s impact. Passengers arrive…
EDWARD A. DURELL, P.E., SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ADVISOR, U.S. AFRICA COMMAND Important technological innovations don’t typically come out of the…
ADF STAFF As a frightening new respiratory illness flared in western China and eventually made its way into Europe, Africa…
MAJ. GEN. PRINCE C. JOHNSON III As the world faces an invisible enemy, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, it might…
ADF STAFF As poachers go high-tech with helicopters, animal sedatives and high-powered rifles, the men and women protecting endangered wildlife…