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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Moroccan and Spanish authorities on March 25 collaborated to arrest three suspected Islamic State group members: two in Tangier, one…
In February 2025, Morocco’s Central Bureau of Judicial Investigations arrested 12 men connected to Islamic State-Sahel Province during raids across…
Two Ugandans recently were killed fighting for Russia in Ukraine, adding to the mounting toll of African casualties in that…
Fifteen African countries shut down their citizens’ internet access a total of 36 times in 2025. The shutdowns were often…
The recent attack on a Malian Army base near the community of Aguelhok was the latest example of insurgent groups…
Yusuf was 5 years old on the night that Islamic State group terrorists on motorcycles raided his village and took…
Secret meetings, fake documents, smear campaigns and paid local influencers. These were some of the tools that Russian agents used…
Al-Shabaab’s attack last October on the Godka Jilacow prison in Mogadishu took place with the help of foreign fighters from…
The defense partnership between Kenya and France reached a new phase in mid-March when three French warships and more than…
Four Chinese fishing vessels in late February were found operating illegally inside South Africa’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) and territorial…
Algeria expanded African nations’ presence in space this year with the launch of two satellites in two weeks in January.…
The Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) said a Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) airstrike that killed at least seven people and…