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 Whether serving in a complex multinational peacekeeping mission or rebuilding a military legal framework from the vestiges of…
ADF STAFF Benin recorded its first incident of extremist violence in 2019, and the number of recorded attacks by Sahelian…
ADF STAFF El-Fasher, the besieged capital of North Darfur, remains in the hands of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) after…
ADF STAFF From Ethiopia to Libya to Mali, armed drones have become an increasingly important part of the battlefield arsenal.…
ADF STAFF Libyan military officials in August joined military officials from the United States for a three-day workshop in Malta…
ADF STAFF July 26 marked one year since Niger’s military overthrew the country’s democratically elected government. At the time, junta…
ADF STAFF As global outrage grew over its invasion of neighboring Ukraine, Russia in 2023 began ramping up its efforts…
ADF STAFF More than 500 days after it began, Sudan’s bloody war between rival generals appears unlikely to end as…
ADF STAFF Angola’s long-running financial relationship with China has been built on a simple equation: Angola would repay its growing…
ADF STAFF Details are emerging about the new peacekeeping mission that will succeed the African Union’s current multilateral force in…
ADF STAFF It’s supposed to be simple. A doctor prescribes medicine — an antibiotic for an infection or perhaps an…
ADF STAFF Northern Somalia, with its mountains, coastal towns and sparsely populated hinterlands, has felt the presence in recent months…