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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Security forces in Somalia’s autonomous northeastern Puntland region have made significant progress in ridding the area of the Islamic State…
Militant Islamist violence in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger is continuing to expand to the west and south, threatening coastal…
In the wake of the success of aerial drones, naval forces are exploring ways to use uncrewed surface vessels to…
Yemen’s Houthi rebels are increasing their support of al-Shabaab in Somalia, potentially increasing security risks along commercial Middle Eastern shipping…
Craig Sholto-Douglas was looking for a white rhino and her calf. The two animals, members of a near-threatened species prized…
A Malian drone shot down over the border in Algeria has escalated tensions between the two countries as they take…
A Fulani herder named Musa was asleep at his home in northeast Nigeria in early April when he and his…
When residents of Uis in western Namibia started noticing daily convoys of large trucks leaving what they thought was a…
Somali security forces in 2022 reclaimed the town of Adan Yabaal, a logistical hub for the government forces, from the…
As March ended, Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) leader Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan stood outside the Republican Palace and raised his…
The United States Navy sailed the centerpiece of its 6th Fleet into two Libyan ports recently, the latest in a…
Amboma Safari and his family spent the night under their bed on April 11 as gunfire and bomb blasts echoed…