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 Ernest Fornah, 32, is among Sierra Leone’s growing number of kush addicts. He smokes the drug four times…
ADF STAFF The African Union Transition Mission in Somalia is prioritizing community policing techniques as it prepares Somali security forces…
ADF STAFF Thick white smoke billowed over the rooftops and power lines at a military base housing Djiboutian troops attached…
ADF STAFF Chinese lending to African countries slowed significantly in the years immediately before and after the COVID-19 pandemic. But…
ADF STAFF As Sudan’s civil war drags on, experts are pointing to the role played by outside interests in prolonging…
ADF STAFF The Islamic State group (IS) claims that it committed 788 attacks globally in the first half of 2024.…
ADF STAFF Since it began in April 2023, the war between Sudan’s top generals has been marked by the relentless…
ADF STAFF Sudan’s war has begun to spill into the Central African Republic as both sides of the fight conduct…
ADF STAFF Sea crimes are a constant threat to coastal countries. Pirate attacks are increasing off the coast of Somalia.…
ADF STAFF The Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) terror group claimed responsibility for the June 11 attack on a Burkina…
ADF STAFF After attending the 2023 African Chiefs of Defense Conference in Rome, Botswana Defence Force Commander Lt. Gen. Placid…
ADF STAFF Terrorists have left northern Benin and established a new base in northern Nigeria’s Kainji Lake National Park, a…