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 After nearly eight months of fighting, Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) appears to be consolidating its control over…
ADF STAFF The rise of ethnic militias in recent years threatens conflict-ridden western Niger, near the tri-border area with Burkina…
ADF STAFF Insurgents killed about 100 people, mostly children and the elderly, in the northern Burkina Faso village of Zaongo…
ADF STAFF When he traveled to Beijing for a state visit in May, Eritrean President Isaias Afewerki was retracing a…
ADF STAFF In September, terrorists fired three rockets at a ferry on the Niger River, killing 49 people. Witnesses said…
ADF STAFF A new study reveals how a Chinese logging company is illegally leveling rainforests in the Democratic Republic of…
ADF STAFF Nearly 2,000 kilometers from the seat of the government in Kinshasa, the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo…
ADF STAFF As director of the International Peace Support Training Centre (IPSTC) in Nairobi, Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) Brig. Joyce…
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…