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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The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has announced plans to activate its standby force as terrorism from Burkina…
For most people in the volatile Tigray region, the two-year war fought against Ethiopian federal forces with support from the…
Speaking to the United Nations Security Council in February, the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Thérèse…
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) on March 13 announced the termination and phased withdrawal of its military mission in…
The Islamic State group (IS) aims to expand its terrorism beyond the Sahel region and into North Africa and West…
Longtime mistrust between South Sudan’s top two political leaders threatens to reignite civil war in the country seven years after…
Less than two weeks after 50 million liters of toxic mining waste burst from the Sino-Metals Leach copper mine into…
A Zambia Air Force pilot flew his helicopter close enough to the ground to see riverbanks full of dead fish.…
As the role that artificial intelligence plays in society increases, African nations must factor the technology into their national security…
In nearly two years of fighting, Sudan’s civil war has been marked by seemingly ceaseless violence and brutality. But a…
Drones have become a major component of military campaigns across Africa in recent years. Although they have led to some…
Islamic State West Africa Province extremists have begun using weaponized drones in their attacks against government forces in the Lake…