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 Cameroon’s long-running rebellion by its English-speaking minority has spilled across its western border into remote areas of Nigeria’s…
ADF STAFF Hawa left her Burkina Faso home due to terrorist attacks five years ago and went to a town…
ADF STAFF A new report shows disinformation is having a major impact on the lives of Africans, as digital campaigns…
ADF STAFF One quarter of all deaths related to terrorism globally in 2023 occurred in Burkina Faso making it the…
ADF STAFF African security officials are joining the global effort to end the flow of illicit small arms and light…
ADF STAFF In early March, the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) retook sections of Omdurman from the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).…
ADF STAFF Nine crew members aboard a chemical tanker headed from Côte d’Ivoire to Cameroon were abducted by pirates in…
ADF STAFF The Islamic State group (IS) has turned to cryptocurrencies to move money from places such as Somalia and…
ADF STAFF Since its creation in 2016, Nigeria’s disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR) program has sought to rehabilitate former Boko…
ADF STAFF With smoke grenades providing cover, a platoon of Soldiers from Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia and Tanzania exchanged fire with…
ADF STAFF A dengue fever outbreak killed nearly 600 people in Burkina Faso in October 2023. A stream of disinformation…
ADF STAFF Niger’s announcement that it will suspend military cooperation with the United States is reverberating across the region, with…