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ADF STAFF As masses of Sudanese citizens attempt to flee from violence across the border to Chad, members of the Masalit ethnic group report that gunmen are blocking them from leaving. “The militiamen ask those fleeing about their tribal…

ADF STAFF About a week after fighting broke out in mid-April in Sudan, jailed members of the regime of former dictator Omar al-Bashir walked out of prison. They had been detained in Khartoum’s Kober prison since 2019 and, for some, their…

ADF STAFF Government officials in the Central African Republic (CAR) were shocked when Yevgeny Prigozhin turned his infamous Wagner Group mercenaries against Russian President Vladimir Putin. Desperate for information, cabinet members…

ADF STAFF The South African Air Force (SAAF) is moving forward with creating a Space Command Section (SASCS) to manage and coordinate defense-related space activities with the South African National Space Agency (SANSA). As defenceWeb…

ADF STAFF The African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) has successfully handed over six forward operating bases (FOBs) to Somali security forces, as it concluded the first phase of withdrawing 2,000 troops from the country…

ADF STAFF  |  Photos by AFP/GETTY IMAGES As dawn gave way to light on June 4, 2005, a few dozen Mauritanian Soldiers began to prepare for their duties in a remote outpost near the Algerian and Malian borders. The area, known as El…

ADF STAFF  |  Photos by AFP/GETTY IMAGES Morocco is an unlikely place for the rehabilitation of imprisoned extremists. The Global Terrorism Index for 2022 ranks Morocco 76th among countries affected by terrorist threats, making it one of…

CAPT. TAHIR NGADA, NIGERIAN NAVY The importance of the Gulf of Guinea to Africa and the wider world can hardly be overstated. With 6,000 kilometers of coastline touching 19 littoral states from Senegal to Angola, the gulf is rich in…

ADF STAFF | photos by Getty Images About 100 marauders stormed the Cameroonian town of Mozogo at 1:30 a.m. on January 8, 2021. From the way they dressed and spoke, it was obvious that they were Boko Haram extremists. They broke into…

DEFENCEWEB Mozambique’s armed forces have taken delivery of two refurbished transport aircraft acquired from Paramount Group of South Africa. The company handed over a Let-410 Turbolet and a CN-235M transport plane to the Mozambican…