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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The Islamic State group in Mozambique (ISM) is expanding its area of operations and its tactics. In the past year,…
As peacekeeping missions are scaled back or shut down in Africa, the Rwanda Defence Force (RDF) is gaining a reputation…
Recent drone attacks in Darfur and Port Sudan were part of rising tensions between Turkey and the United Arab Emirates…
The security challenges facing the African continent in the 21st century are too much for any nation to tackle on…
India and 10 African countries have completed a first-of-its-kind naval exercise in the Indian Ocean. The six-day drill, known as…
When authorities in Namibia discovered a Chinese-led “pig butchering” cryptocurrency investment scam in late 2023, they arrested 14 people, including…
There’s a new front in the Lake Chad region’s war against terrorism — the online video platform TikTok. Terrorist groups…
A terror group known as Mahmuda has attacked rural villages and communities in north-central Nigeria’s Kwara and Niger States, often…
The departure of three Sahelian nations from West Africa’s regional economic system at the end of January undercut collective counterterrorism…
Sudan’s civil war began as a struggle between two rival factions, but the battle is growing more complex as armed…
Frikkie the rhino was poached and killed years ago, but today she has a new purpose at South Africa’s Wildlife…
High above Morocco’s Kenitra Air Base, Moroccan and United States military medical teams tended to a wounded Soldier on a…