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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With terrorism, military conflicts, blockades and piracy threatening the Gulf of Aden and Middle Eastern waters, major shipping companies have…
The latest outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has spread with terrifying speed as hundreds of…
The recent killings of a top Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) commander and three lieutenants in northeast Nigeria has…
Russian forces supporting Mali’s military junta have begun using kamikaze-style first-person-view (FPV) drones to attack rebel positions in the north…
Members of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) continue to defect to the Sudanese Army, but the presence of RSF…
The recent delivery of 48 armored vehicles to the Tunisian Army is expected to help the country’s military conduct security…
In parts of the world such as Ukraine, Myanmar and Japan, the Chinese government has been accused of employing “two-faced…
New reporting sheds light on the painstaking intelligence collection, surveillance and cooperation that helped take out a top Islamic State…
Mexican drug cartels have expanded and are increasingly producing methamphetamine in Africa. This was highlighted in mid-May when Nigerian authorities…
Morocco’s Benslimane industrial zone east of Casablanca is becoming a major hub for drone manufacturing, including homegrown technology and Türkiye’s…
Decades after Mozambique’s Naparama fighters became famous during the country’s civil war, a new generation of fighters carrying the same…
A complex war economy has emerged in Sudan that is depleting the country’s natural resources and fueling violence. Intense fighting…