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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Covering 60,000 square kilometers, the Sambisa Forest in northeast Nigeria was once a thriving wildlife reserve, popular with tourists. Today,…
Russia is attempting to build its own financial system in Africa using a cryptocurrency tied to the ruble in what…
The 15th iteration of Obangame Express (OE26) returned in April to Cameroon, the country that first hosted the maritime security…
Since inviting Russian mercenaries into Mali in 2021, the country’s ruling junta has focused its attention on subduing northern Tuareg…
Foreign countries are in a race to secure port agreements along the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, but an…
More than 5,600 people from about 40 nations studied new military technology during Exercise African Lion in Ghana, Morocco, Senegal…
An expanding swath of Islamic terrorism stretching from western Mali through the Lake Chad Basin to Somalia and Mozambique accounted…
Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu confirmed a joint U.S. and Nigerian military raid took place early Saturday morning targeting a…
A region in northeast Nigeria has been dubbed “the Timbuktu Triangle” by terror groups as they aspire to tighten control…
As the Economic Community of West African States prepares to establish a regional force to combat terrorism and security threats,…
The campus of the International Counter-Terrorism Academy in Jacqueville, Côte d’Ivoire, looked like a scene from an action movie, as…
Flintlock 26 wasn’t just a military exercise. For co-host Libya, it was a historic event that brought together Libyan soldiers…