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 a guest of honor at the opening ceremony of the Ghanaian military’s annual Exercise Eagle Claws, Maj.…
ADF STAFF Deep in Benin’s Pendjari National Park, a former luxury resort has become a military base. There, Soldiers are…
ADF STAFF Security forces in civilian clothes abducted Daouda Diallo, a prominent human rights defender in Burkina Faso, on December…
ADF STAFF Ahmed was crossing Mali in an attempt to reach Europe when he was waylaid by extremists and forced…
ADF STAFF The rapid expansion of digital technology in recent years has left millions of Africans vulnerable to cybercriminals seeking…
ADF STAFF Chinese national En “Aisha” Huang is well known in Ghana as the “Galamsey Queen,” a nickname bestowed by…
ADF STAFF The fields around Djibo in northern Burkina Faso are empty: The farmers cannot leave the city to work…
ADF STAFF Years of military missions have left civilian and political factions frustrated with intractable violence from a stew of…
ADF STAFF Northern Mozambique’s Nangade district has been one of the country’s most volatile areas throughout the conflict in the…
ADF STAFF During its more than two-year intervention in Mozambique, Rwanda has attempted to do something difficult: defeat an insurgency…
ADF STAFF The 2023 ENACT Organized Crime Index for Africa explicitly links armed conflict and a lack of democratic institutions…
ADF STAFF A forensic laboratory in northern Botswana will play a vital role in the effort to disrupt the illegal…