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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International observers are accusing the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) of using banned chemical weapons against the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces…
A new diagnostic laboratory will help Sierra Leone strengthen its response to parasitic diseases that affect the country. Government authorities…
Tensions are rising in the Horn of Africa as Ethiopia accused neighboring Eritrea of “actively preparing to wage war.” In…
In August, authorities in Niger claimed to have killed Bakura Doro, the leader of Boko Haram, in a drone strike…
Jingjing Zhang is a lawyer and environmental activist who has fought Chinese companies that pollute for decades. Her work has…
Allied Democratic Forces terrorists are capitalizing on chaos in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo as security forces focus…
A surge in gun violence is sweeping across Ghana, with reported incidents more than tripling between the first and second…
Civilians in the Lake Chad basin are reporting more attacks by terrorists who loot their property and sometimes kidnap their…
Russia’s war on Ukraine has opened a dangerous front in Africa, as the Kremlin is exploiting and tricking job-seeking civilians…
An unfamiliar, chemical-like odor wafted from a farm in the tiny, rural eastern South African town of Volksrust. Suspicious residents…
Still contending with several significant infectious diseases, including cholera, Ebola and mpox, Southern Africa recently received a “game-changer” in the…
The French Navy on September 22 seized nearly 10 tons of cocaine worth $610 million from an unflagged fishing vessel in…