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 As part of the fight against drug trafficking, piracy, and illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing in the…
ADF STAFF The vicious cycle of conflict and hunger continues in some of Africa’s war-torn regions. Nowhere was it worse…
ADF STAFF The African Union’s decision to deploy troops to Somalia in 2007 came after the country had endured 16…
ADF STAFF The changing face of peacekeeping in Africa is on display in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC),…
ADF STAFF International observers showered Liberia with praise after the West African nation with a grim history of conflict conducted…
ADF STAFF Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s call for direct port access on the Red Sea has Horn of Africa…
ADF STAFF Political instability, disputes between farmers and herders, unemployment, ethnic divisions, and the rise of extremist organizations are among…
ADF STAFF Kenya’s Chinese-built Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) was supposed to be an economic engine for East Africa, linking the…
ADF STAFF Just 2,700 kilometers separate northeastern Brazil from the western coast of Africa. Traffickers use this proximity to move…
ADF STAFF With cybercrime growing rapidly across Africa, the Ghana Armed Forces plans to launch a Directorate of Cyber and…
ADF STAFF Peacekeepers are on the move across Africa. But rather than rushing in to quell violence, they are withdrawing…
ADF STAFF Two Malian Army aircraft came under gunfire from rebels in mid-August when they landed at a United Nations…