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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Somalia has unveiled a national strategy designed to counter improvised explosive devices, the deadliest weapon used by terror group al-Shabaab.…
The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) have deployed a sophisticated new weapon in their fight against the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces…
Kenyans called it the “railway to nowhere” years before the phrase took on a literal meaning. Today, the end of…
Through radio jingles, posters, daily text messages and door-to-door visits, Sierra Leone’s public health officials are driving a messaging campaign…
A marked increase in attacks by armed groups and terrorists on military bases and civilians across the central Sahel have…
A Boko Haram faction operating in the forested communities of north-central Nigeria’s Niger State is gaining notoriety for its barbaric…
African nations are increasingly turning to space technology to address resilience and security issues such as communications, border control, wildlife…
Sudan’s devastating civil war intensified over the first half of 2025 as civilians continued to bear the brunt of the…
In the northeastern corner of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Chinese mining companies are exploiting government corruption, driving local…
Growing ties between Yemen’s Houthi rebels and Somali terror groups threaten to fuel greater insecurity in Somalia and further disrupt…
The Islamic State’s branch in Somalia has built a broad-based network of financing options, all of them aimed at providing…
When Capt. Ibrahim Traoré seized power in Burkina Faso in 2022, he castigated the deposed junta for failing to defeat…