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 Nine months after a peace deal ended Ethiopia’s two-year conflict in its Tigray region, another violent confrontation is…
ADF STAFF Security forces liberated parts of central and southern Somalia and handed over six forward operating bases to Somali…
ADF STAFF Dozens of people were killed and crucial infrastructure such as water, electricity and communication lines was damaged after…
ADF STAFF Mario Boris Fernandez pulled his artisanal fishing canoe ashore at Porto de Bandim in Guinea-Bissau. A longtime fisherman…
ADF STAFF As recent military coups have swept aside civilian governments from Guinea to Sudan, one question lingers: When will…
ADF STAFF The military junta that overthrew Niger’s democratically elected president claimed it was necessary to stop the extremist violence…
ADF STAFF Nvou Michael had 15 handmade rifles and 400 rounds of AK-47 ammunition when police intercepted her on an…
ADF STAFF A woman who lives in Moura, a town in central Mali’s restive Mopti region, recalled the horrors inflicted…
ADF STAFF There are signs of progress in the fight against the Islamic State group (IS) and other terrorist groups…
ADF STAFF Since entering the Central African Republic (CAR) in 2018, Russia’s Wagner Group mercenaries have ruthlessly exploited the country’s…
ADF STAFF The Baka people of Cameroon have thrived amid the lush rainforests for thousands of years, but recently they…
ADF STAFF Terrorists of the Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) kidnapped Boubacar Moussa in Niger in 2019 and forced him…