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 Some call cattle rustling one of the oldest crimes in human history. In Africa, cattle rustling dates back…
ADF STAFF Public sentiment against a planned $55 million industrial fishing harbor at Sierra Leone’s tourist-friendly Black Johnson Beach continues…
ADF STAFF Once known as a killing field for Africa’s elephants, Tanzania has seen its elephant population grow substantially in…
ADF STAFF Regional security and collaboration are the focus for more than 7,500 participants from African nations, the United States…
ADF STAFF Attacks in West Darfur are awakening fears that the region could return to the violence of its darkest…
ADF STAFF Inside his shop in northern Côte d’Ivoire, 25-year-old tailor Bassina Konate demonstrates his expertise with the tools of…
ADF STAFF Emmanuel Essien, a 28-year-old Ghanaian fisheries observer, was proud of his work, which included reporting illegal fishing tactics…
ADF STAFF Russia’s ongoing war with Ukraine has caused grain and fertilizer prices to skyrocket across Africa. About 40% of…
ADF STAFF China commands the world’s largest distant-water fishing fleet (DWF), has the world’s worst illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU)…
ADF STAFF There are signs of progress in the 19-month civil war that has thrown Ethiopia into chaos and displaced…
ADF STAFF The East African Community is moving ahead with plans to create a regional military force to deploy to…
ADF STAFF Coastal states are sounding the alarm that a lack of resources to patrol waters, combined with limited surveillance…