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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Allied Democratic Forces terrorists are capitalizing on chaos in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo as security forces focus…
A surge in gun violence is sweeping across Ghana, with reported incidents more than tripling between the first and second…
Civilians in the Lake Chad basin are reporting more attacks by terrorists who loot their property and sometimes kidnap their…
Russia’s war on Ukraine has opened a dangerous front in Africa, as the Kremlin is exploiting and tricking job-seeking civilians…
An unfamiliar, chemical-like odor wafted from a farm in the tiny, rural eastern South African town of Volksrust. Suspicious residents…
Still contending with several significant infectious diseases, including cholera, Ebola and mpox, Southern Africa recently received a “game-changer” in the…
The French Navy on September 22 seized nearly 10 tons of cocaine worth $610 million from an unflagged fishing vessel in…
Somalia has unveiled a national strategy designed to counter improvised explosive devices, the deadliest weapon used by terror group al-Shabaab.…
The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) have deployed a sophisticated new weapon in their fight against the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces…
Kenyans called it the “railway to nowhere” years before the phrase took on a literal meaning. Today, the end of…
Through radio jingles, posters, daily text messages and door-to-door visits, Sierra Leone’s public health officials are driving a messaging campaign…
A marked increase in attacks by armed groups and terrorists on military bases and civilians across the central Sahel have…