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 forming alliances with military-led juntas in the Sahel, Russia might be moving its influence campaign south by…
Nearly two years after the signing of the Pretoria Agreement that was intended to end the war in Ethiopia, fighters…
ADF STAFF After nearly a year under the control of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), West Darfur has become…
ADF STAFF A regional office for innovative gender-based violence solutions in Southern Africa is in the works, according to the…
ADF STAFF Aynalem was on a bus traveling from Ethiopia’s Amhara region to Addis Ababa in late August when the…
ADF STAFF A string of clashes in Ethiopia’s Amhara region between government forces and an ethnic militia are sparking fears…
ADF STAFF Iran is working to take advantage of the chaos caused by Sudan’s civil war to gain a foothold…
ADF STAFF On a continent where extremist violence has increased 60% since 2021, little outside attention has been paid to…
ADF STAFF Disinformation campaigns seeking to manipulate African information systems have increased nearly fourfold since 2022. That is according to…
ADF STAFF For more than a decade, improvised explosive devices have been the deadliest weapons terrorists in Somalia have deployed…
ADF STAFF The fifth filling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam has raised more than the level of the hydropower…
ADF STAFF The number of violent events involving extremist groups in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger has nearly doubled since…