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 Cyberattacks cost African governments, companies and citizens an estimated $2.5 billion in 2020. That figure is likely to…
ADF STAFF Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for an attack that killed six civilians and three Soldiers at the Pearl Beach Hotel…
ADF STAFF As the dust settles after the 36-hour rebellion by Yevgeny Prigozhin’s Wagner Group against Vladimir Putin, some observers…
ADF STAFF The Somali government recruited 20,000 Soldiers over the past year to handle security challenges, mainly posed by al-Shabaab,…
ADF STAFF New reporting shows how the Islamic State group has funded the Allied Democratic Forces for at least four…
ADF STAFF Armed men drove Dawoud Adam Ishak from his home in Sudan’s Darfur region. “They came at night when…
ADF STAFF Months after a peace deal was signed in Ethiopia, prisoners of war continue to languish behind bars. Some…
ADF STAFF Faced with unrelenting extremist violence and a hostile host government, the United Nations mission in Mali (MINUSMA) announced…
ADF STAFF Fabrice Kighoma was dismayed last December when he heard that the United Nations renewed the mandate for its…
ADF STAFF Al-Shabaab attacks in Kenya’s Northeastern and Coastal regions over two weeks in June killed 23 people, including security…
ADF STAFF Residents of Dofinega, a village in central Burkina Faso, heard the rumble of approaching motorcycles in January. The…
ADF STAFF Bodies lie scattered across El Geneina, the capital of West Darfur in Sudan. According to reports from the…