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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A peace agreement between the government of Senegal and separatist rebels in Casamance is raising hopes that one of the…
Islamic State – Mozambique (ISM) terrorists recently attacked the Armed Forces for the Defense of Mozambique (FADM) twice in February…
Overdose deaths by users of the synthetic drug “kush” are on the rise in West Africa, where new drug consumption…
The Islamic State group’s two affiliates in West Africa rely on both modern cryptocurrency and hawala, a traditional person-to-person exchange,…
Authorities convicted seven Chinese nationals in late February in South Africa on nearly 160 charges related to human trafficking, kidnapping,…
Moroccan authorities have arrested more than a dozen Islamic State operatives, disrupting an attempt by extremists based in the Sahel…
Puntland security forces made a surprising discovery when they took control of the remote town of Shebaab. Hidden beneath a…
Across the continent, Air Forces are striving to achieve air supremacy, neutralize threats and gather intelligence. They also play a…
Somalia’s newest peacekeeping mission officially began on January 1, but the future of the African Union Support and Stabilization Mission…
As Rwanda-backed M23 rebels advance, intense fighting has displaced hundreds of thousands of people in the eastern provinces of the…
Due mainly to a decline in al-Shabaab-related deaths in Somalia, there were fewer fatalities related to militant Islamist violence on…
United States and Libyan personnel trained together in a mission that built capacity to conduct effective joint tactical air control.…