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 Anesthesiologist Dr. Arouna Louré was seeing patients when armed soldiers suddenly burst into the operating room of his…
ADF STAFF Despite the deteriorating security and economic landscape in Burkina Faso, there is a clear reason why the ruling…
ADF STAFF Terrorism-related deaths across Africa jumped in 2023, with most of the violence in a handful of countries while…
ADF STAFF In the darkness of early morning on January 26, a team of Malian soldiers and Russian mercenaries rushed…
ADF STAFF The African Union Mission in Somalia in late January completed the second phase of its military drawdown when…
ADF STAFF With thousands of adherents spread across the Sahel and Somalia, al-Qaida and the Islamic State group (IS) have…
ADF STAFF Dozens of women and girls were lined up in a schoolyard in Port Sudan with AK-47 assault rifles…
ADF STAFF African women are making a difference in the United Nations’ global peacekeeping efforts, particularly in the lives of…
ADF STAFF The Kenya Defence Forces in January received 6,730 pieces of advanced protective equipment valued at Sh220 million ($1.38 million)…
ADF STAFF After years of dormancy, the Eastern Africa Standby Force (EASF) is ready to deploy its collective military, police…
ADF STAFF Ethiopian businessman Tola Tesfaye was returning to Addis Ababa when armed men stopped his vehicle and kidnapped him…
ADF STAFF Hamza, a 26-year-old Moroccan, once had a steady job and fiancee. He occasionally used recreational drugs at parties…