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 series of explosions in Bujumbura, Burundi’s economic capital, began around 6:15 p.m. on March 31 and did not end…
Social media companies have uncovered an effort by Russia to create a fake expert to spread false information in Africa.…
Islamic State’s recent attack on a Chinese-owned gold mine along the Ituri River in the Democratic Republic of the Congo…
The United States is helping Kenya secure its waters by investing in a new Marine Range and Close Quarters Battle…
Community mediation practitioners in Nigeria are showing that early intervention can stop conflict before it escalates to large-scale violence. Felicia…
Facing rising crime, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa authorized a sweeping domestic deployment of military forces to support police operations…
Artisanal fishing had sustained Ibrahima Mar’s family for generations. But Mar, a resident of Rufisque, a suburb of Dakar, has…
The Angolan government has charged two Russian nationals with terrorism, espionage and influence peddling as part of a false information…
Terrorism attacks and deaths fell sharply worldwide in 2025, including in parts of Africa, but the numbers might tell a…
Sahelian terrorist groups and criminal gangs are leveraging an expanding insurgency corridor in Nigeria’s Kebbi-Kainji-Borgu triangle to expand their influence,…
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) is planning two regional security exercises to harmonize regional responses to sea crimes and…
Arms imports in West Africa have climbed in the past decade, even as weaponry sales in much of the rest…