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 Every time the Veracruz, a 108-meter refrigerated cargo ship, crossed the sea border from Namibia to Angola, it…
The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) is a peacekeeping operation established at the time of South Sudan’s independence…
ADF STAFF For 11 days in June, 7,800 participants from African nations, the United States and NATO countries trained together…
ADF STAFF The leaders of Uganda and Tanzania recently approved a new Chinese-backed pipeline to transport oil from the continent’s…
ADF STAFF Sierra Leone’s plan to build a $55 million industrial fishing harbor on 100 hectares of beach and protected…
ADF STAFF Residents of Senegal’s restive Casamance region are voicing hope after a military offensive drove rebels out of forest…
ADF STAFF “In cooperation there is strength.” That was the message Tunisian Navy Chief of Staff Adm. Adel Jehane took…
ADF STAFF Off the coast of West Africa, foreign ships sweep the sea for sardinella, bonga and other small pelagic…
ADF STAFF A speedboat carrying eight pirates approached a Ghanaian vessel 105 kilometers off the port town of Tema. Five…
ADF STAFF About 2 1/2 years ago, Professor James Larkin was having lunch with friends at a lovely Mexican restaurant…
ADF STAFF The suspected death of Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau in Nigeria in May raises questions about the future…
ADF STAFF In the early 1990s, a symbiotic relationship began between poachers of South African abalone and organized crime syndicates…