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ADF STAFF Somali National Army (SNA) officers wore camouflage uniforms and protective masks as they marched and rode into a crowded camp for internally displaced people (IDP). Their mission was to educate hundreds of thousands of…

ADF STAFF Foreign trawlers engaged in illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing off the West African coast are decimating once-abundant fish populations, devastating local ecosystems and threatening the livelihoods of more than 7…

ADF STAFF Striking an important blow against wildlife poaching, Malawi recently sentenced members of the Lin-Zhang crime syndicate to a collective 56.5 years in prison for trafficking in wildlife parts. The court sentenced nine…

ADF STAFF The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) recently donated a new police station to the Somali Police Force in Baidoa, as terrorist attacks persist in the Horn of Africa nation. With a population of nearly 301,000, Baidoa is…

ADF STAFF When the COVID-19 pandemic hit Tunisia, more than 100 workers at a factory that produces protective gear for medical workers isolated themselves around the clock at work to continue their essential labor. The…

ADF STAFF U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) delivered about $340,000 worth of masks, gloves, medical gowns and sanitizing supplies to the South African National Department of Health as the country works to control the spread of COVID-19.…

ADF STAFF In two days in mid-July, customs officials at O.R. Tambo International Airport outside Johannesburg, South Africa, seized two large shipments of rhino horn. One was disguised as fine art, the other as scaffolding equipment.…

ADF STAFF In the fight against COVID-19, the movements of an infected person and the people he or she meets are vital pieces of information. As African nations wrestle with how to tamp down the spread of the disease, they’re turning to…

ADF STAFF The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) continues to support Somalis with medical aid, as troops recently delivered a second shipment of supplies to the Hiran region in Hirshabelle State. The donations are part of…

ADF STAFF Fake medicines — materials posing as authentic pharmaceuticals but containing anything from industrial solvents to plain water — have long plagued the countries of Africa. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that…