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 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…
ADF STAFF As the violent extremist threat festering in Mali began to spread into Niger and Burkina Faso, coastal states…
ADF STAFF The Fisheries Committee for the West Central Gulf of Guinea (FCWC) has established a Regional Monitoring, Control and…
ADF STAFF Ethiopia’s civil war in the northern region of Tigray has dragged on for more than six months. What…
ADF STAFF Somalia’s leadership announced May 27 that they will hold new elections within 60 days, ending a political impasse…
ADF STAFF When Sierra Leone’s government inked a $55 million deal with China to develop an industrial fishing harbor on…
ADF STAFF Across Africa, countries have eagerly adopted Chinese technology to build communications networks and monitor public spaces. However, the…
ADF STAFF Despite efforts by coastal African nations to curb illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, one of every four…
ADF STAFF Lt. Gen. Dennis Gyllensporre of Sweden, force commander of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali…