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 African security officials are joining the global effort to end the flow of illicit small arms and light…
ADF STAFF In early March, the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) retook sections of Omdurman from the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).…
ADF STAFF Nine crew members aboard a chemical tanker headed from Côte d’Ivoire to Cameroon were abducted by pirates in…
ADF STAFF The Islamic State group (IS) has turned to cryptocurrencies to move money from places such as Somalia and…
ADF STAFF Since its creation in 2016, Nigeria’s disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR) program has sought to rehabilitate former Boko…
ADF STAFF With smoke grenades providing cover, a platoon of Soldiers from Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia and Tanzania exchanged fire with…
ADF STAFF A dengue fever outbreak killed nearly 600 people in Burkina Faso in October 2023. A stream of disinformation…
ADF STAFF Niger’s announcement that it will suspend military cooperation with the United States is reverberating across the region, with…
ADF STAFF As piracy, illegal fishing and human trafficking continued to plague East African waters, navies from 11 African nations,…
ADF STAFF After months of relative calm, a surge of new attacks by the Islamic State-Mozambique (ISM) terror group is…
ADF STAFF As the Islamic State group (IS) has shifted its focus to Africa, South Africa has emerged as a…
ADF STAFF Somali national forces and Jubaland regional forces in early March killed scores of al-Shabaab fighters during operations in…