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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Mustafa Ibrahim was in a financial bind. The 48-year-old was a welder in a suburb of Lagos, Nigeria, but business…
Since arriving in Mali almost four years ago, Russia’s Wagner Group mercenaries have kidnapped, imprisoned and tortured hundreds of Malian…
Zimbabwe lost one of its most experienced pilots, Ritswanetsi Vuyo Ncube, when his fighter jet crashed during what the Air…
In 2024, a United Nations monitoring team reported that the relationship between Somalia’s al-Shabaab terrorist group and Yemen’s Houthi rebels…
Boko Haram terrorists have turned to cryptocurrencies, mobile money platforms and other digital tools to transfer millions of dollars, much…
In a propaganda video entitled “Empowerment Generation,” terrorists with Islamic State West Africa Province show scenes from a training camp…
The Chinese term fei chien, which translates to “flying money,” refers to an underground financial system with no paper trail…
Malian journalist Seydou Oumar Traoré on May 26 was arrested for criticizing Guinea’s transitional president, Gen. Mamady Doumbouya, marking a continuing…
At more than 42,000 square kilometers, Niassa Special Reserve is the largest protected area in Mozambique and holds the most…
Practitioners of galamsey, Ghana’s illegal small-scale mining epidemic, once used picks and shovels to extract gold and other minerals from…
Ejiao is considered a miracle elixir for those who use it. However, it has become a disaster for Africa’s donkeys…
For years, nations have searched for ways to secure porous borders against traffickers moving arms, drugs and people from one…