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ADF STAFF In the black of night, the Sam Simon, a vessel in the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society fleet, silently drifted toward a boat illegally fishing in waters off The Gambia. Waving from the trawler’s mast was a vintage Chinese…

ADF STAFF Members of the Nigerien Armed Forces recently participated in discussion groups with U.S. Soldiers designed to promote mutual understanding on security issues and improve language skills. The course took place at the École…

ADF STAFF Trucks typically used to advertise popular products such as Coca-Cola are being used to promote social distancing and hygiene awareness in Zimbabwe, as the landlocked Southern African country tackles the spread of COVID-19.…

ADF STAFF Ezedin Kamil, an 18-year-old Ethiopian student from rural Welkite, has a mind full of ideas and the skills to turn them into reality. He has produced about 30 inventions, and just under half of them have been patented by…

ADF STAFF Zambia is the latest African country to directly ask China for debt relief, as the nation’s economy buckles under a financial strain exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Zambian President Edgar Lungu in late July asked…

ADF STAFF You can hear twinges of fatigue and frustration in Moumini Niaoné’s voice whenever he speaks about COVID-19 misinformation in his home country, Burkina Faso. Niaoné spends most of his time speaking on the radio, the streets…

ADF STAFF Two of every three people in Sub-Saharan Africa live without access to electricity. Countless homes and villages are so remote the electrical grid cannot reach them. But COVID-19 can. During a crisis like the global…

ADF STAFF Lamin Sanyang has had enough. A commercial fisherman in The Gambia, he is frustrated to the point of quitting the trade over Chinese interference in the country’s waters. Whenever he and his crew put out nets, he said,…

ADF STAFF Wearing an olive uniform blending into the verdant, thick brush, Ruth Sikeita raises her binoculars to observe a pack of zebras during a daily wildlife patrol. The way she sees it, working as one of eight rangers in the…

ADF STAFF An enormous trove of counterfeit Libyan dinars intercepted this spring in Malta was printed in Russia and bound for forces loyal to military leader Gen. Khalil Haftar, U.S. and Libyan officials said. The shipment of $1.1…