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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Experts and officials are grappling with the future of African peacekeeping operations amid a new reality of rising terrorism and…
Armed pirates in mid-August boarded and seized a cargo vessel about 4 nautical miles off the Somali coast. About a…
On October 7, 2025, a group of heavily armed men in military fatigues visited a mosque in Mocímboa da Praia,…
No longer simply a way to produce propaganda, AI has become a key tool for terrorist groups who use it…
Nigeria’s battle with terrorism is colliding with a rapidly expanding digital ecosystem, and video-sharing platform TikTok is emerging as terror…
Vessels connected to Russia’s widely sanctioned “shadow fleet” are abusing continental shipping registries to continue exporting oil and fund Moscow’s…
The Kenya Navy discovered more than a metric ton of methamphetamine when it intercepted the MV Mashallah, a small, unregistered…
ADF STAFF Terrorist groups are experimenting with AI to spread their ideology and make attacks more deadly. But security professionals…
ADF STAFF Women living under the yoke of al-Shabaab terrorists suffer from abuse, coercion and severe social isolation. But a…
ADF STAFF Methamphetamine cooks supplied by Mexican drug cartels have been discovered working at several drug laboratories in Africa over…
ADF STAFF Piloting a drone, award-winning journalist and documentary filmmaker Edem Srem flies high above polluted waterways in his native…
ADF STAFF A string of devastating attacks by Sahelian terror groups in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have shown Russian…