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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Nations came together in November to participate in Grand African Nemo 2025, an annual exercise aimed at honing the maritime…
Chinese private security companies operate in at least 14 African countries, including Djibouti, Ethiopia, Egypt, Kenya and Somalia, where Beijing’s…
Organized crime formed in the wake of Africa’s postcolonial independence in the 1970s, proliferated through continental conflicts in the 1980s…
As Sahelian insecurity continues its westward and southward surge, Ghana is beefing up its maritime security to address sea crimes…
Al-Qaida-linked terrorists have extorted a hefty ransom for an Emirati sheikh to finance their efforts to strangle the government in…
For almost nine months, Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces group has operated its own government in the west — a…
West Africa’s roads are more than trade routes. They have become the front lines of the region’s expanding wars. In…
A new Tigrayan rebel group is clashing with the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), conducting raids on civilians in the…
Several South African men were shown milling around a parking lot wearing military uniforms bearing Russian flag badges. Behind them,…
Members of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary force didn’t hide their violent acts after capturing the capital of North…
Despite a national crackdown on illegal gold mining in Ghana, the practice, locally known as “galamsey,” continues to contribute to…
As Sahel-based terrorist groups continue to look southward to expand their territory, resources, recruitment base and illicit trafficking, officials are…