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.
Browsing: Daily News
ADF STAFF As a Ghanaian Air Force helicopter thundered overhead, members of the Ghana Navy Special Boat Squadron (SBS) rappelled…
ADF STAFF Lt. Col. Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba sat silently wearing a red beret and a stern expression in the Ouagadougou…
ADF STAFF At least 26 coastal African nations are known to have recently operated open vessel registries or allowed foreign-owned…
ADF STAFF The smartphone video showing a Chinese mining manager whipping two Rwandan employees about their heads with a piece…
ADF STAFF The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) officially joined the East African Community (EAC) as the regional bloc’s…
ADF STAFF Russian Wagner Group mercenaries have been abusing and killing civilians in the Central African Republic (CAR) since 2019, according…
ADF STAFF Brando Brayend Tewuh, a 29-year-old Indonesian crew member aboard a Chinese fishing vessel, was so tired of being…
ADF STAFF In a matter of months, Mali’s relationship with much of the outside world has deteriorated profoundly, while Russia…
ADF STAFF As the bloody rivalry between two large terror groups continues to destroy countless lives in northeast Nigeria, both…
ADF STAFF A new study identifies West Africa as one of the world’s most affected regions by labor abuse on…
ADF STAFF A newly created open-source website called “All Eyes on Wagner” tracks the activities of the mercenaries working for…
ADF STAFF Cabo Verdean police intercepted a boat in early April suspected to be involved with international drug trafficking. The…