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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Senegal’s eastern Bakel Department has become the focal point for the government’s effort to prevent terrorist incursions from Mali. Jama’at…
Niger’s western Tillabéri region has emerged as the deadliest area in the central Sahel for civilians due to an uptick…
A dispute over freshwater access is brewing in southern Africa. Zimbabwe is building Gwayi-Shangani Lake, a reservoir to guarantee a…
In a first, the African Land Forces Summit was held in Europe and included representatives from the defense industry. The…
Chadian President Mahamat Déby has ordered his military to retaliate against attacks originating in Sudan after a drone killed 17…
A new report documents the huge scale of illegal activity by Chinese “floating fish factories” that set up off the…
Somalia’s al-Shabaab terrorists and Yemen’s Houthi militants have long been known to cooperate across the Red Sea, capitalizing on entrenched…
Coastal West African countries are strengthening counterterrorism partnerships after the 2025 rupture with Sahelian nations that crippled the G5 Sahel…
Nine months after Russia replaced and rebranded its mercenaries in Mali as Africa Corps, the mercenaries’ involvement in counterterrorism there…
A disagreement between Kenya and Somalia continues over a 92,389-square-kilometer maritime zone that has long attracted international energy companies. The…
Opioids and other synthetic drugs are increasingly invading parts of Africa, attracting organized crime and overwhelming countries’ medical facilities, according…
A global study has concluded that Burkina Faso in West Africa is now the country most affected in the world…