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ADF STAFF Thick white smoke billowed over the rooftops and power lines at a military base housing Djiboutian troops attached to the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS). Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the June 30…

ADF STAFF Chinese lending to African countries slowed significantly in the years immediately before and after the COVID-19 pandemic. But although many countries still struggle under the weight of enormous debt, China appears poised to…

ADF STAFF As Sudan’s civil war drags on, experts are pointing to the role played by outside interests in prolonging it and making it deadlier. “There’s a lot of resources and money that is being invested in this war, particularly on the…

ADF STAFF The Islamic State group (IS) claims that it committed 788 attacks globally in the first half of 2024. Of those attacks, 536 were in Africa, where the terror group killed 2,142 people. More than half of the continent’s total…

ADF STAFF Since it began in April 2023, the war between Sudan’s top generals has been marked by the relentless and largely unresisted advance of Rapid Support Forces (RSF) fighters, bringing ever-larger areas of the country under the…

ADF STAFF Sudan’s war has begun to spill into the Central African Republic as both sides of the fight conduct operations along Sudan’s southwest border. According to the United Nations, the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) launched air raids…

U.S. Africa Command Staff A Swahili proverb says, “If a snake bites your neighbor, you too are in danger.” The meaning is clear: A community is safest when everyone is protected. This is as true for a village as it is for a continent.…

Lt. Gen. Francis Omondi Ogolla became chief of the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) in April 2023. He spoke October 14, 2023, at an event in Embakasi Garrison, Nairobi, to mark KDF Day. The theme was “One Force, One Mission: Enhancing…

ADF STAFF A forensic laboratory in northern Botswana will play a vital role in disrupting the illegal wildlife trade, according to the lab’s supporters. “The forensic laboratory will scientifically investigate and prosecute wildlife…

ADF STAFF The World Health Organization (WHO) in October 2023 approved a second malaria vaccine two years after it approved the first one. The move is expected to ease concerns about availability in Africa. The R21/Matrix-M vaccine,…