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 More than one year after a peace deal was signed to end the war in Ethiopia’s Tigray region,…
ADF STAFF It only took a matter of days for the Somali terror group al-Shabaab to congratulate Hamas for its…
ADF STAFF Lack of civilian oversight of a country’s security sector can have dire consequences that lead to public mistrust…
ADF STAFF Persistent drought that led to a massive loss of farmland has fueled tensions between militias in Mali’s Dogon…
ADF STAFF Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi’s three-country tour of Africa in mid-July marked the first time the controversial country’s president…
ADF STAFF The tapering sides and glass façade of Khartoum’s Greater Nile Petroleum Company evoke a jet flame of gas…
ADF STAFF John Momo is a 27-year-old seventh-grade dropout struggling with drug addiction in the notorious Zimbabwe ghetto in Paynesville,…
ADF STAFF Kenyan President William Ruto has asked China for another $1 billion in loans to finish stalled projects even…
ADF STAFF As part of the fight against drug trafficking, piracy, and illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing in the…
ADF STAFF The vicious cycle of conflict and hunger continues in some of Africa’s war-torn regions. Nowhere was it worse…
ADF STAFF The African Union’s decision to deploy troops to Somalia in 2007 came after the country had endured 16…
ADF STAFF The changing face of peacekeeping in Africa is on display in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC),…