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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ADF STAFF Nigeria’s Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Christopher Gwabin Musa, has fond memories of his childhood in Sokoto. “Growing…
ADF STAFF Nahom Halefom, 13, was playing outside with two friends near the town of Queshet in central Tigray. His…
ADF STAFF Nigerian authorities are working to contain a thriving illicit weapons market in Lagos as local manufacturers of illegal…
ADF STAFF It was after midnight on December 8, 2023, when armed rebels from Cameroon’s English-speaking separatist movement raided the…
ADF STAFF New reporting shows how North Korean diplomats stationed in Southern Africa are smuggling large volumes of rhino horn…
ADF STAFF Piracy is making a resurgence in the western Indian Ocean, and the region is rife with other sea…
ADF STAFF Violence between rival communities has a long history in South Sudan, but the past year has seen a…
ADF STAFF Amid desperate warnings of impending famine across Sudan, the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) continues to use hunger…
ADF STAFF Mozambican authorities are worried that timber smuggling in Cabo Delgado province is funding terror groups such as Ansar…
ADF STAFF Ugandan security forces are on high alert after members of the Allied Democratic Forces terrorist organization entered the…
ADF STAFF Since the notorious Russian mercenary outfit formerly known as the Wagner Group began reorganizing under the control of…
ADF STAFF The Maghreb region’s cold war between Algeria and Morocco continues to add new layers of frost. The latest…