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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The Islamic State group (IS) aims to expand its terrorism beyond the Sahel region and into North Africa and West…
Longtime mistrust between South Sudan’s top two political leaders threatens to reignite civil war in the country seven years after…
Less than two weeks after 50 million liters of toxic mining waste burst from the Sino-Metals Leach copper mine into…
A Zambia Air Force pilot flew his helicopter close enough to the ground to see riverbanks full of dead fish.…
As the role that artificial intelligence plays in society increases, African nations must factor the technology into their national security…
In nearly two years of fighting, Sudan’s civil war has been marked by seemingly ceaseless violence and brutality. But a…
Drones have become a major component of military campaigns across Africa in recent years. Although they have led to some…
Islamic State West Africa Province extremists have begun using weaponized drones in their attacks against government forces in the Lake…
Experts are alarmed at growing violence in the Sahel and the possibility of extremist groups consolidating gains to form a…
Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud was en route to Mogadishu International Airport on March 18 when al-Shabaab militants launched a…
ADF STAFF Three vast, connected national parks in West Africa — the W, Arly and Pendjari — are known as…
Attack drones launched by the Government of National Accord during Libya’s civil war in 2020 reportedly used artificial intelligence (AI)…