Chief instructors of Command and Staff Colleges from 18 nations met in Kigali, Rwanda, in…
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.
Terrorists across Africa are using artificial intelligence (AI) to develop propaganda videos and spread disinformation…
Recent protests in the Central African Republic (CAR) could have the government reconsidering its relationship…
Africa accounted for 57% of the total quantity of pharmaceutical opioids seized worldwide between 2019…
Old adversaries Ethiopia and Eritrea appear to be marching toward war, as saber-rattling has escalated…
Ghanaian authorities are promising to punish Chinese nationals involved in illegal gold mining as the…
It has been two years since Gen. Abdourahamane Tiani overthrew Niger’s democratically elected president and…
A man in Freetown, Sierra Leone, inhaled from a kush cigarette, a synthetic drug that…
As India builds greater ties with Africa, the Indian Navy is playing a significant role…
Amina J. Mohammed of Nigeria is deputy secretary-general of the United Nations and chair of…
The Economic Community of West African States conducted Operation Safe Domain III, aimed at keeping…
Just three years after the Nigerian Air Force took delivery of a dozen A-29 Super…
Guinea-Bissau, a West African nation once known as a “narco-state,” intercepted 2.63 metric tons of…
The remote town of Birao, Central African Republic, sits close to the borders of Chad…
The Cameroon Army is equipping its special forces with Turkish-made MPT-76 assault rifles. Developed in…
Tunisia is on track to buy an undisclosed number of 20-meter Archangel patrol boats from…