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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Four Mexican nationals were among 11 people arrested at an elaborate crystal methamphetamine production facility in a small farming town…
The rival Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) are engaged in intense propaganda battles across…
Mali’s ruling junta and its Russian backers recently launched airstrikes on Kidal, the northern city controlled since late April by…
During the 2026 African Air Chiefs Symposium (AACS), more than 30 military leaders discussed ways to harmonize efforts to counter…
A United Nations official warned that corruption and organized crime drive violence and terrorism in Nigeria as he introduced a…
Niger’s southwestern Tillaberi and Dosso regions have become host to the latest turf war between Sahelian terror groups Jama’at Nusrat…
The red triangular signs point downward and warn civilians to stay away with a skull and crossbones above the words…
New reporting on Colombian mercenaries in Sudan’s civil war shows how outside forces have prolonged the conflict and eroded regional…
Yemen’s Houthi rebels and Somalia’s al-Shabaab terrorist group are separated by the narrow Gulf of Aden. Their emerging collaboration to…
Publicly accessible data shows that four Chinese fishing trawlers were not fined for apparent illegal fishing and transshipments at sea…
Mali’s ruling junta has paid nearly $1 billion to Russian mercenaries since 2021 in an effort to stop the spread…
This year, Togo is expected to receive four Embraer A-29 Super Tucano light attack aircraft worth $82 million. Designed for…