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 With unprecedented access to the levers of governmental power, Russia’s recent activities in the Central African Republic (CAR)…
ADF STAFF When protests in South Africa boiled over into violence and looting in July, much of the energy driving…
ADF STAFF Niger improved its capacity for national defense earlier this month when it added another C-130 Hercules aircraft from…
ADF STAFF A pioneering oceanographer called on world leaders to ban industrial fishing in international waters to preserve fish populations…
ADF STAFF A pro-Russian demonstration on the streets of Bamako, Mali, was meant to look spontaneous. It was anything but.…
ADF STAFF Members of Sudan’s protest movement are denouncing a revised power-sharing agreement recently signed by the country’s military and…
ADF STAFF As many African nations struggle to control illegal fishing, some are turning to drones as a relatively cheap…
ADF STAFF The decades-old dispute over Western Sahara is causing rivals Morocco and Algeria to edge closer to conflict. The…
ADF STAFF After two decades that saw steep drops in military coups, observers are worried they may be on the…
ADF STAFF Somali authorities have vowed to crack down on foreign vessels fishing illegally in the country’s waters and protect…
ADF STAFF The fight against a violent Islamist insurgency in Mozambique’s northern Cabo Delgado region is beginning to stabilize, thanks…
ADF STAFF In mid-November, members of Russia’s Kremlin-backed Wagner Group attacked two mining sites in the Central African Republic (CAR)…