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 Africa is less safe and less democratic than a decade ago, but there is still hope. The Mo…
ADF STAFF Nemes Tarimo was given a choice: fight for Russia’s Wagner Group against Ukraine or face years in a…
ADF STAFF With more than 600 million people online and millions more soon to join them, African nations face growing…
ADF STAFF On January 16, the Somali government announced a major victory. Its military had liberated Harardhere, an al-Shabaab stronghold…
ADF STAFF Members of the Royal Moroccan Armed Forces knifed through the Gulf of Guinea in two speeding patrol boats.…
ADF STAFF Sudan closed its border with the Central African Republic (CAR) in early January, claiming the action was necessary…
ADF STAFF To confront a host of cybersecurity threats in 2023, internet users and governments need updated technology, quicker reactions…
ADF STAFF A suspicious vehicle was driving through the streets of Durban, South Africa, around 3:45 a.m. with water leaking…
ADF STAFF Three years after Burkina Faso recruited civilian volunteers to join the fight against terrorists in its northern regions,…
The war-weary people of Casamance are desperate for peace, but timber and cannabis trafficking continue to fuel conflict. An agreement…
ADF STAFF Despite much speculation that Chinese lenders were constructing a so-called “debt trap” as a way to claim key…
ADF STAFF There was no gunfire in Banjul, the capital of The Gambia, on December 20, 2022, or the next…