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 Yevgeny Prigozhin built a violent and profitable mercenary network over the past five years in the Central African…
ADF STAFF Sometimes called a hermit state, Eritrea is one of the most diplomatically isolated countries in the world. A…
ADF STAFF The Somali Army in mid-August launched a major offensive against al-Shabaab in central Somalia as troops with theAfrican…
ADF STAFF At the request of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the withdrawal of the United Nations peacekeeping…
ADF STAFF Smoke billowed above Tripoli in mid-August as rival militias vying for power engaged in two days of fighting…
ADF STAFF In the video call, smuggler Phan Quan made it clear: He needed 20 metric tons of pangolin scales…
ADF STAFF For nearly five months, forces loyal to Sudan’s warring generals have pounded each other and countless civilians caught…
ADF STAFF Nothing could rattle the foundation of Russia’s mercenary Wagner Group more than the death of founder Yevgeny Prigozhin.…
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…