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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Chadian President Mahamat Déby has ordered his military to retaliate against attacks originating in Sudan after a drone killed 17…
A new report documents the huge scale of illegal activity by Chinese “floating fish factories” that set up off the…
Somalia’s al-Shabaab terrorists and Yemen’s Houthi militants have long been known to cooperate across the Red Sea, capitalizing on entrenched…
Coastal West African countries are strengthening counterterrorism partnerships after the 2025 rupture with Sahelian nations that crippled the G5 Sahel…
Nine months after Russia replaced and rebranded its mercenaries in Mali as Africa Corps, the mercenaries’ involvement in counterterrorism there…
A disagreement between Kenya and Somalia continues over a 92,389-square-kilometer maritime zone that has long attracted international energy companies. The…
Opioids and other synthetic drugs are increasingly invading parts of Africa, attracting organized crime and overwhelming countries’ medical facilities, according…
A global study has concluded that Burkina Faso in West Africa is now the country most affected in the world…
Batot Air is a cargo service registered in the capital of Burkina Faso. However it appears to fly almost exclusively…
Medical teams from the Kenya Defence Forces and the United States Armed Forces pointed to a humanitarian outreach as one…
Since seven East African nations agreed to launch The Jahazi Project in September 2025, authorities have strengthened protections against illegal,…
An attack on a military outpost in Kofouno, Benin, in early March was the latest demonstration that terrorists with Jama’at…