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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Liberia and Côte d’Ivoire have launched joint patrols along the Cavalla River, which forms part of their border, as part…
Al-Qaida-linked terrorists attacked seven Malian military posts July 1 in a series of coordinated, simultaneous early-morning assaults on urban centers…
At least four vessels from China’s Liao Dong Yu distant-water fishing fleet have operated illegally in Somali waters since at…
In September 2024, Col. Assimi Goïta, Mali’s junta leader, traveled to Beijing to visit Norinco, a weapons manufacturing company. Mali…
Ask experts for solutions to Africa’s myriad security challenges, and many are likely to call for greater cooperation, training and…
Now in its third year, civil war in Sudan between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces…
Kenya, Madagascar, Mozambique, South Africa and Tanzania lost up to $142.8 million annually between 2015 and 2021 to illegal fishing of…
With more than 100 armed groups operating in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, the region is one of the…
Social media has become a key communication tool for terrorist groups across Africa, presenting governments with a challenge: how to…
The South African National Defense Force faces a R41.2 billion (more than $2.3 million) budgetary shortfall that limits every operational,…
For decades, Russia has used vast, shadowy networks to prey on fears about pandemics and diseases like mpox, Marburg, Ebola…
About 80% of the world’s oil trade moves through the Western Indian Ocean, which faces escalating maritime threats, including attacks…