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U.S. Africa Command Staff
Diminished but dangerous. That’s the current state of the extremist group al-Shabaab. Whereas it once controlled more than half of Somalia’s territory and a population of about 5 million people, today its…
Somalia Writes New Chapter in Its History
Today is a truly historic day for Somalia, its resilient people, and all our brotherly neighbors and valuable partners. To you all, I say Somalia and Somalis have turned a new leaf, and we are writing a new chapter in our history. This…
Pokémon Craze has Lagos Scrambling
AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
Nintendo’s hit mobile game Pokémon Go may be best suited for tree-lined neighborhoods and public parks, but many in busy Lagos, Nigeria, are braving big-city chaos to play.
“Here it’s like Mad Max,” said Timi…
Ghana Academy Promotes Dreams of Learning, Football
AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
Patience Kum strides across the training pitch of the Right to Dream (RtD) Academy, a football center of excellence nestled in the Ghanaian countryside, and welcomes visitors with an assured handshake.
The…
Family Finds Photographer’s Chronicle of Benin’s History
AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
Termites had nibbled their way through the dust-covered boxes containing photographer Cosme Dossa’s life’s work at his family home in Benin’s capital, Porto-Novo. Despite such conditions, 15,000 negatives were…
AMISOM Pulls Somalia Toward Security
The Multinational African Security Force Has Made Steady Gains Against al-Shabaab Terrorists
ADF STAFF
Baardheere in Somalia is a town known for its agricultural production. Its climate is suitable for growing year-round crops of…
Calm but Fragile
Brig. Gen. Sam Okiding of Uganda Says Conditions in Mogadishu Have Improved, but IEDs Remain a Threat
ADF STAFF
Brig. Gen. Sam Okiding of the Uganda People’s Defence Force (UPDF) served as the Ugandan contingent commander for the…
Al-Shabaab INC.
The terror group espouses a hateful ideology but operates like a business
ADF STAFF | PHOTOS BY REUTERS
Farmers, herdsmen and shop owners in al-Shabaab-controlled areas of Somalia have grown to dread the knock on their doors. Typically…
Combating an imported extremism
The Introduction of Salafist Ideology in East Africa Has Erased Long-Standing Peaceful Coexistence Among Religious Groups
BY ABDISAID M. ALI
Abdisaid M. Ali is the regional political advisor for the Office of the European Union Special…
Spirit of ‘Rumble’ Lives on in Congolese Boxing School
ADF STAFF
David Samba and Onomo Mugabi don protective headgear and big, puffy gloves to punch away in the shadow of one of the world’s greatest boxers. Both boys are students at the boxing club La Tete Haute de Muhammad Ali (the High…