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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Boko Haram terrorists have turned to cryptocurrencies, mobile money platforms and other digital tools to transfer millions of dollars, much…
In a propaganda video entitled “Empowerment Generation,” terrorists with Islamic State West Africa Province show scenes from a training camp…
The Chinese term fei chien, which translates to “flying money,” refers to an underground financial system with no paper trail…
Malian journalist Seydou Oumar Traoré on May 26 was arrested for criticizing Guinea’s transitional president, Gen. Mamady Doumbouya, marking a continuing…
At more than 42,000 square kilometers, Niassa Special Reserve is the largest protected area in Mozambique and holds the most…
Practitioners of galamsey, Ghana’s illegal small-scale mining epidemic, once used picks and shovels to extract gold and other minerals from…
Ejiao is considered a miracle elixir for those who use it. However, it has become a disaster for Africa’s donkeys…
For years, nations have searched for ways to secure porous borders against traffickers moving arms, drugs and people from one…
When Angolan President João Lourenço visited New Delhi in early May, it marked a realignment of the country’s foreign policy priorities.…
Regardless of whether Awamo Mitterrand was tricked or coerced into enlisting in the Russian Army, he was sent to the…
Boko Haram and the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) have begun using armed drones and roadside bombs as violence…
Months after M23 rebels launched an offensive and seized the two largest cities in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo,…