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 new report confirms that the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) has received repeated deliveries of weapons from Iran…
ADF STAFF Health, military and government officials from more than 30 African nations have concluded a conference of the African…
ADF STAFF When the al-Qaida-affiliated Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) attacked Bamako in September, it marked the first attack inside…
ADF STAFF Northern Ghana has emerged as a logistical base from which violent extremist organizations from Burkina Faso launch attacks…
ADF STAFF The Russian Orthodox Church is quietly winning allegiance from priests and parishes from the Patriarchate of Alexandria in…
ADF STAFF The TikTok video spread like an out-of-control fire in October. Dramatic music swelled in the background while the…
ADF STAFF Sudan’s war is inflaming ethnic tensions across the country and threatening to turn the battle between two military…
ADF STAFF Military drones hummed through October’s midday sky over the central Ethiopian town of Mehalganat in the volatile Amhara…
ADF STAFF A mid-August attack on a Fulani community in central Mali left 23 people dead and 300 missing. After…
ADF STAFF Overall governance and security was worse in 2023 than it was a decade earlier for most of Africa’s…
ADF STAFF A convoy composed of Malian Armed Forces (FAMa) troops and Russian mercenaries rode in military vehicles, armored vehicles,…
ADF STAFF Turkey has made significant economic, military and diplomatic investments in Africa as part of its strategy in recent…