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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Extremist Groups Threaten Security Across the Continent ADF STAFF A United Nations peacekeeping mission battles al-Qaida-linked extremists and others in…
Radical Groups Have Flourished Online. They Can’t Be Silenced, but They Can Be Defeated. ADF STAFF Photos by Reuters When it…
Kenya’s Vice Chief of Defence Forces Looks to Finish the Mission in Somalia and Secure the Homeland ADF Staff Photos By…
Isis Fighters Leaving Iraq And Syria May Not Pose Primary Threat To Africa DANIEL HAMPTON, AFRICA CENTER FOR STRATEGIC STUDIES As…
Mystery Surrounds Insurgency’s Leadership, Ideology as Violence Persists ADF STAFF The group is known by many names, including one that…
An Intergovernmental Authority on Development Facility Will Use Research, Engagement to Counter Violent Extremism ADF STAFF East Africa stretches from…
The CJTF of Nigeria Shows the Benefits and Challenges of Working with Civilian Security Actors DR. ERNEST OGBOZOR | Photos…
An anti-extremist organization says the ISIS ‘handbook’ is based on distortions of the Quran ADF STAFF | photos by AFP/GETTY…
Although piracy is not new to East Africa, the seeds of modern piracy were sown off the coast of Somalia…
Piracy in Africa’s Gulf of Guinea ramped up later and took on a different character than piracy in East Africa.…