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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Lt. Gen. Dennis Sitali Alibuzwi has served in the Zambia Army for more than 40 years. During his service he…
ADF STAFF When eight pirates attacked the fishing vessels Aliman and Shenghai-2 off Sierra Leone’s coast, perhaps they thought they…
At first glance, a football tournament, a literacy drive, food distribution and a medical clinic might not seem like part…
ADF STAFF In returning to his hometown of Bujumbura, Frederic Gateretse-Ngoga awoke every morning with a strong sense of place…
ADF STAFF Maj. Gen. Emmanuel Kotia remembers being deployed to Lebanon in 2006 to command the Ghanaian battalion of the…
ADF STAFF The 27-minute video shows how one of the Lake Chad Basin’s fiercest extremist groups turns children ages 8…
ADF STAFF | Photos by REUTERS Over the past decade, Sudan has become the third-largest producer of gold in Africa.…
ADF STAFF For most of post-independence history, air forces in Africa were not a priority. Expensive and difficult to maintain,…
ADF STAFF As air chiefs unpacked their bags and got back to work after returning from a continental symposium in Senegal,…
Maj. Gen. Hendrick Thuthu Rakgantswana became chief of Botswana’s Air Arm Command in 2021 after serving in the Air Force…