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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Terrorists have killed more than 150,000 people across Africa over the past decade, with most of that violence taking place…
Cybercrime is a growing threat in Africa, accounting for nearly a third of all crime in some regions. And the…
The modern incarnation of fighters for hire in Africa, known as private military companies (PMCs), such as Russia’s Wagner Group,…
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) is working to improve the serviceability rate of its fleet to 90% by the fourth…
Russian authorities recently demanded that the Central African Republic (CAR) end its yearslong relationship with the Wagner Group and replace…
Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia launched a drone attack May 4 against military and civilian facilities in Port Sudan,…
Across the continent several insurgencies and conflicts have dragged on for years, some for decades. But there is another battle…
The Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) terror group stormed a Malian military base in Boulkessi at dawn June 1 and…
China has an extensive record of attempting to gain power and influence in Africa. Its media strategies seek to position…
Security analysts are warning that internal strife between Somalia’s federal government and regional states is undermining the country’s counterinsurgency strategy…
Ghana is strengthening its northern border by building forward operating bases and deploying troops to a troubled town. In a…
A terrorist group that dominates the Lake Chad region collects about $191 million annually in taxes it imposes on farmers,…