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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Rear Adm. Peter Kofi Faidoo of Ghana Sees Collaboration, Technology and Training as Keys to a Safer Gulf of Guinea…
Africa’s Smallest Nation Is Setting a Standard for Safe, Sustainable Seas ADF STAFF As the six Seychellois crew members of the fishing…
Complex Laws and Limited Resources Make it Hard to Bring Criminals to Justice ADF STAFF The guilty verdict handed down…
Air Force Contributes to Peacekeeping Mission in Somalia ADF STAFF The residents of Bishoftu, Ethiopia, a lakeside town 25 kilometers south…
ADF STAFF The U.S. Navy once analyzed data and concluded that, in theory, a C-130 Hercules transport plane could carry…
MAJ. RYAN McCAUGHAN In 1910, in the American town of Gulfport, Mississippi, a young boy named John Robinson witnessed a…
The country’s military wants to play a larger role in maintaining security in East Africa ADF STAFF When military forces…
Security at Sea Must Consider an Array of Issues, From the Environment to Economics ADF STAFF There was a time…
By LISA FERDINANDO, DOD NEWS More than two dozen participants from 11 African nations learned how to hold United Nations…
Africa Leads in Missions and Participation ADF STAFF African nations distinguish themselves in United Nations and African Union peacekeeping missions…