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 Kenya Defense Forces has begun receiving helicopters and other military equipment from the United States as it…
ADF STAFF Troop morale was high when the Multinational Joint Task Force launched Operation Lake Sanity 2 on April 23…
ADF STAFF Mali’s military junta has repeatedly pledged to restore security to the country after using the terror threat as…
ADF STAFF A time-worn military adage says: “Amateurs talk strategy; professionals talk logistics.” Experienced leaders know that without solid logistics,…
ADF STAFF Al-Shabaab, the terrorist group that continues to launch deadly attacks against Somali civilians, Soldiers and international peacekeepers, has…
ADF STAFF A series of undercover “Operation Jackal” investigations have dealt a blow to Nigeria’s notorious Black Axe criminal networks.…
ADF STAFF Tension already was bubbling in the Horn of Africa in late August when two desert-camouflaged Egyptian military cargo…
ADF STAFF Militiamen waved their weapons in the air and chanted triumphantly over the lifeless bodies of five young men,…
ADF STAFF Increasing violence in Togo by extremists has stoked fears that neighboring Ghana might be the next coastal West…
ADF STAFF Long after a battle to control Tripoli erupted in 2019, Libya’s rival factions have continued to rely on…
ADF STAFF Militaries can no longer assume they dominate the skies. Extremist groups are increasingly using drones to conduct surveillance,…
ADF STAFF Somali security forces intercepted a shipment of suicide drones being secretly transported across the Puntland region, possibly to…