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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India and 10 African countries have completed a first-of-its-kind naval exercise in the Indian Ocean. The six-day drill, known as…
When authorities in Namibia discovered a Chinese-led “pig butchering” cryptocurrency investment scam in late 2023, they arrested 14 people, including…
There’s a new front in the Lake Chad region’s war against terrorism — the online video platform TikTok. Terrorist groups…
A terror group known as Mahmuda has attacked rural villages and communities in north-central Nigeria’s Kwara and Niger States, often…
The departure of three Sahelian nations from West Africa’s regional economic system at the end of January undercut collective counterterrorism…
Sudan’s civil war began as a struggle between two rival factions, but the battle is growing more complex as armed…
Frikkie the rhino was poached and killed years ago, but today she has a new purpose at South Africa’s Wildlife…
High above Morocco’s Kenitra Air Base, Moroccan and United States military medical teams tended to a wounded Soldier on a…
The photos displayed for the gathering of military leaders were alarming. One showed a still from a TikTok video claiming…
Burkina Faso’s leader appeared in a music video with global superstar Beyoncé. Or did he? In fact, the video, which…
Li Song portrayed herself as a legitimate businesswoman in Zimbabwe, but that portrayal masked a dark reality. Authorities say the…
A kamikaze drone attack on Sudan’s wartime capital, Port Sudan, in early May threatens to turn Sudan’s 3-year-old conflict into…