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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In a video posted to social media, a Sudanese soldier dragged a man with a broken leg into a ditch…
With a significant rise in defense spending, Algeria is moving to modernize and expand the capacity of its People’s National…
Decades of armed conflicts in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo have produced a familiar cycle of hope for…
Angola has made significant progress in clearing land mines and other unexploded ordnance left over from the country’s 27-year civil…
Political and military analyst Gregoire Cyrille Dongobada has authored more than 75 articles in two and a half years, reporting…
With several arrests in the past year, Liberia is the latest West African country to clamp down on illegal mining…
Faced with continuing terror attacks, Burkina Faso’s ruling military junta has tried to silence citizens and journalists who report on…
As peacekeeping missions stretch miliary resources, governments are increasingly turning their attention to partnering with private companies to shoulder the…
Security forces in Somalia’s autonomous northeastern Puntland region have made significant progress in ridding the area of the Islamic State…
Militant Islamist violence in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger is continuing to expand to the west and south, threatening coastal…
In the wake of the success of aerial drones, naval forces are exploring ways to use uncrewed surface vessels to…
Yemen’s Houthi rebels are increasing their support of al-Shabaab in Somalia, potentially increasing security risks along commercial Middle Eastern shipping…