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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African militaries are working to expand and modernize their air fleets to project power across vast territories, stop threats from…
Few weapons have changed the nature of warfare in Africa quite like drones. And few drones have been as popular…
A Cameroonian man was being treated in the infirmary of a Russian military camp in eastern Ukraine when he shared…
ADF STAFF The deadliest terrorist attack in Beninese history has shaken the country and its military, leading to harsh criticism…
ADF STAFF Virginia Gamba recently raised alarms about the increase in state militaries and nonstate armed groups recruiting children across…
ADF STAFF Recent drug tests conducted by clinics in South Africa show that fentanyl, a powerful synthetic opioid, is spreading…
ADF STAFF More than one-third of African business leaders and cybersecurity experts doubt that their governments and major economic players…
ADF STAFF Africa’s rapidly evolving online environment is outpacing the continent’s cybersecurity efforts, creating the potential for an event experts…
ADF STAFF Air Marshal Hasan Abubakar recently said the Nigerian Air Force is experiencing a “Golden Era,” marked by the…
ADF STAFF Algeria and Mali are locked in a diplomatic row. Bamako accuses Algiers of backing Malian separatist groups while…
As Sudan continues to be torn apart by civil war, Russia and Iran are fueling the conflict with shipments of…
ADF STAFF About 1,000 kilometers east of Moscow, the Alabuga Special Economic Zone in Russia’s southern Tatarstan region has undergone…