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ADF STAFF A wave of recent attacks by Islamist terrorists in northern Côte d’Ivoire indicate that the country’s worst fears are coming true: The bloody Sahel conflict is spreading to West Africa’s coastal states. Militants have…

ADF STAFF In February 2020, the leaders of terror groups in the Sahel gathered in central Mali for a rare face-to-face meeting. According to French intelligence, the leaders of al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb; the Group for Support of…

ADF STAFF Mozambique is getting some backup in its yearslong battle against Islamist terrorists in the northern province of Cabo Delgado. Amid concerns that the conflict could expand and engulf the region, the Southern African…

ADF STAFF The European Union in May issued Ghana a “yellow card” after concluding that the country’s level of development and engagement against illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing was inadequate. A yellow card is a…

ADF STAFF With piracy increasing in the waters of West Africa, Nigeria recently launched its Deep Blue Project, a multipronged approach to confronting piracy in the Gulf of Guinea. The $195 million project brings together a mix of…

ADF STAFF Every time the Veracruz, a 108-meter refrigerated cargo ship, crossed the sea border from Namibia to Angola, it seemed to disappear. Possibly engaged in illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, its captain simply…