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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Russian authorities recently demanded that the Central African Republic (CAR) end its yearslong relationship with the Wagner Group and replace…
Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia launched a drone attack May 4 against military and civilian facilities in Port Sudan,…
Across the continent several insurgencies and conflicts have dragged on for years, some for decades. But there is another battle…
The Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) terror group stormed a Malian military base in Boulkessi at dawn June 1 and…
China has an extensive record of attempting to gain power and influence in Africa. Its media strategies seek to position…
Security analysts are warning that internal strife between Somalia’s federal government and regional states is undermining the country’s counterinsurgency strategy…
Ghana is strengthening its northern border by building forward operating bases and deploying troops to a troubled town. In a…
A terrorist group that dominates the Lake Chad region collects about $191 million annually in taxes it imposes on farmers,…
The gruesome killing of 16 men by an angry mob as they traveled through the city of Uromi in southern…
The Sahel objectives of the Kremlin’s Africa Corps are similar to those of Russia’s Wagner Group mercenaries: protect ruling juntas,…
As terrorist groups grow in sophistication and continue to expand beyond the Sahel, countries throughout West Africa are finding it…
Massad Boulos, the United States government’s senior advisor on Arab and African Affairs, has conducted his first official visit to…