New reporting sheds light on the painstaking intelligence collection, surveillance and cooperation that helped take…
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.
Mexican drug cartels have expanded and are increasingly producing methamphetamine in Africa. This was highlighted…
Morocco’s Benslimane industrial zone east of Casablanca is becoming a major hub for drone manufacturing,…
Decades after Mozambique’s Naparama fighters became famous during the country’s civil war, a new generation…
A complex war economy has emerged in Sudan that is depleting the country’s natural resources…
When Maj. Gen. Al-Nour Ahmed “al-Qubba” Adam defected from Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF)…
Several African nations have signed military cooperation agreements with Russia, pinning their hopes on Moscow…
With control of nearly 90% of Zimbabwe’s mining industry, Chinese companies are facing a new…
Russia’s Africa Corps is shifting fighters out of Mali’s northern regions to protect the capital…
Recent advances in drone technology are changing the conduct of warfare, but these revolutionary developments…
Dr. Workneh Gebeyehu of Ethiopia, executive secretary of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), addressed…
Authorities arrested 1,209 cybercriminals and recovered $97.4 million in a major crackdown involving investigators from…
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) plans to activate a 260,000-troop rapid deployment…
As terrorist groups continue to expand beyond the Sahel, countries throughout West Africa are emphasizing…
A Mauritanian National Guardsman demonstrates a thermal image from a camera attached to a drone outside…
Kenya’s inventory of armored vehicles continues to grow with its acquisition of new Springbuck armored…
Spanish shipbuilder Navantia has launched a new offshore patrol vessel for the Royal Moroccan Navy,…