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 The masked men from Boko Haram entered the village of Shiroro in Nigeria’s Niger State from the nearby…
ADF STAFF The United States government delivered a third C-130 Hercules airplane to the Nigerien Air Force in early January.…
ADF STAFF After two years of war in Ethiopia’s north, Tigrayan families reconnected in January and cried tears of joy…
ADF STAFF Togo’s northern Savanes province remains under a state of emergency as the country contends with repeated attacks by…
ADF STAFF In late October, hackers invaded the systems of Airtel Mobile Commerce Uganda Limited, a popular mobile money-transfer system,…
ADF STAFF A year after Benin, Ghana and Togo reaffirmed their willingness to work together to reduce illegal fishing, some…
ADF STAFF To help Benin combat piracy and other maritime crimes in the Gulf of Guinea, the U.S. government delivered…
ADF STAFF New reporting is showing how Russia uses its Wagner Group mercenaries to extract diamonds from the Central African…
ADF STAFF As it struggles with rising inflation and continuing drought, Djibouti has become the latest country to suspend its…
ADF STAFF In early 2021, Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa officially opened the country’s National Data Center, proclaiming the Chinese-built data…
ADF STAFF Boko Haram has destroyed more than 5,000 classrooms in northeast Nigeria since launching its insurgency in 2009. It’s…
ADF STAFF The mystery of a Russian cargo ship docking at South Africa’s largest naval base in early December did…