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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Realistic-looking news anchors delivering propaganda, popular television characters singing terrorist battle songs, online chatbots that tailor their responses to a…
Up to 55 Malian soldiers, including two generals, were arrested on August 14 and accused of attempting to overthrow Col.…
As Nigeria faces a range of threats to its coastal and inland waterways, it is building an elite Naval unit…
A South African university has launched an anti-poaching campaign to inject rhino horns with harmless radioactive isotopes that customs agents…
As Russian involvement in Africa has shifted from the private Wagner Group mercenary force to government control under the Africa…
The future of conflict in Africa is being built on three pillars: mercenaries, drones and false information, according to analyst…
Disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR) are foundational pillars of peacebuilding, but they are never a one-size-fits-all solution. Each context demands…
Seven armed pirates attacked and boarded a cargo ship sailing from Cameroon to the Democratic Republic of Congo on May…
Nearly 40 people died in the early hours of July 27 when terrorists from the Islamic State-Central African Province attacked…
After extensive discussion during the African Chiefs of Defense Conference in Nairobi in May strengthening security partnerships and facing shared…
Authorities arrested six people in South Africa on August 19 in connection with an international rhinoceros horn trafficking network. They…
Mauritania signed a 25-year fishing agreement with China in June 2010. After 15 years of overfishing by Beijing’s industrial trawlers,…