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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ADF STAFF As it seeks to expand its territory, the Sahelian terror organization Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin has launched violent…
ADF STAFF In June, soldiers from Mali and Niger graduated from special forces training in Isparta, Türkiye, becoming the latest…
ADF STAFF Industrial development is booming across much of Africa, and with it comes the use of hazardous chemicals and…
Cameroon is working to deregister and sanction foreign vessels that illegally register with the country to avoid detection. These shadow…
Over the past three years, insurgent groups across Africa increasingly have deployed weaponized drones against security forces, leaving militaries racing…
Zimbabwean researcher Charles Moyo believes that Southern Africa is a region at a crossroads. While it enjoys peace and stability…
The terrorist attack in April that killed Mali’s defense minister in his home added fuel to the notion that Jama’at…
Beijing’s official stance of neutrality and nonintervention in the paramilitary M23’s rebellion against the Congolese government is increasingly being challenged…
In a national address on June 12, Nigerian President Bola Tinubu praised security forces for the gains that they are…
A group of Russian Wagner Group mercenaries have shifted their efforts to running a tramadol trafficking empire in the Central…
Stretched thin by rising security demands, militaries across Central Africa have turned to local militias for help fighting insurgents. However,…
As drones increase in importance to military operations, African tech entrepreneurs want to show that they can build an industry…