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 After two decades that saw steep drops in military coups, observers are worried they may be on the…
ADF STAFF Somali authorities have vowed to crack down on foreign vessels fishing illegally in the country’s waters and protect…
ADF STAFF The fight against a violent Islamist insurgency in Mozambique’s northern Cabo Delgado region is beginning to stabilize, thanks…
ADF STAFF In mid-November, members of Russia’s Kremlin-backed Wagner Group attacked two mining sites in the Central African Republic (CAR)…
ADF STAFF Alagie Sarr remembers when fishermen in the coastal Gambian town of Gunjur could spend a few hours on…
ADF STAFF Ethiopia’s military conflict with its regional state of Tigray has been expanding beyond the mountainous northern province for…
ADF STAFF Kenya is building a DNA database of its marine species, such as sharks, rays, crustaceans and mollusks, to…
ADF STAFF The African Union has had a regional peacekeeping mission in Somalia for nearly as long as the country…
ADF STAFF Weeks after a military coup in Sudan, street protests continue to rage, and outside mediators are trying to…
ADF STAFF After the killing of more than a dozen people in February at a mosque in Bambari in the…
ADF STAFF Musa Sila, 57, has worked at sea for nearly four decades, but never in his career was he…
ADF STAFF Armed separatist groups in Cameroon and Nigeria are joining forces in a move that is alarming officials on…