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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Despite a national crackdown on illegal gold mining in Ghana, the practice, locally known as “galamsey,” continues to contribute to…
As Sahel-based terrorist groups continue to look southward to expand their territory, resources, recruitment base and illicit trafficking, officials are…
In recent years, Africa’s militaries have gone on a drone-buying binge, stocking their arsenals with unmanned aerial vehicles from Turkey,…
Jean Bakomito Gambu, governor of the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s northeastern Haut-Uélé province, visited a gold mining site this…
In a dramatic six-hour operation, Nigerian authorities conducted a raid at Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport in Abuja, arresting five suspects…
The Somali government wants to expand its armed forces to 100,000 Soldiers to stop the terrorist group al-Shabaab, which controls…
A United Nations expert panel has released a report showing that Yemen’s Houthi rebels and al-Shabaab terrorists have exchanged intelligence,…
When Russian Wagner Group mercenaries arrived in Mali in 2021 at the invitation of the ruling junta, the private military…
Russia’s pledges of economic investment in the African continent are falling well short of expectations, according to the latest data…
Morocco broke ground on a new maintenance hangar at Benslimane Airport to service the Royal Moroccan Air Force’s (RMAF) growing…
Ghana has acknowledged that its fight against illegal gold mining, known as galamsey, is a matter of national security. Now…
After 18 months of laying siege to el-Fasher, the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) finally defeated Sudanese government troops there,…