China is promoting its DeepSeek-R1 AI chatbot to African users, with some experts saying the…
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.
There have been 11 successful coups on the continent since August 2020, when Malian military…
In West Africa, Côte d’Ivoire is viewed as a bastion of stability with a strong…
South African authorities have launched an investigation to determine how locally made technology turned up…
The Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin terror group declared in September that it would stop any fuel…
The target was a small, flagless motor vessel called the Mashallah that had been under…
Relentless Russian-backed propaganda portrays Burkina Faso as opening new factories and paying off its foreign…
Somali police officers trained in Turkey are fighting on the frontlines of the country’s war…
Rear Adm. António Duarte Monteiro, chief of staff of the Cabo Verdean Armed Forces, spoke…
Effective communication is key to the success of military training events such as Obangame Express,…
The specters of terrorism, piracy and smuggling loomed as more than 1,000 participants from 20…
The Armed Forces of Liberia (AFL) in March 2025 launched Operation True Guardian in the…
Mauritius Police Force and National Coast Guard Police Sgt. Thomas Shane climbs a hook ladder…
Morocco has deployed the first of its new Apache AH-64E helicopters during a military training…
Egypt reportedly is concluding a deal with South Korea for up to 100 FA-50 light…