As militaries work to improve security in Africa, one area is a persistent weak spot:…
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.
Boko Haram and the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) used drones loaded with explosives…
A team of Humvees drove through a complex of buildings and screeched to a halt,…
Experts say a surge of attacks by terrorist groups around Mali’s southwestern border indicates an…
The murder of 31 civilians in Omdurman’s Salha neighborhood at the end of April has…
A young Togolese student was lured to Russia last year by a scholarship offer. But…
Tunisia has received two 34-meter, Island-class patrol boats from the United States government to increase…
In response to recent advances by al-Shabaab, Turkey boosted its military presence in Somalia to…
South Africa’s Border Management Authority has launched a new high-tech initiative aimed to tightening border…
South Africa, a Leader in Disaster Response, Works to Improve In January 2013, weeks of…
Amina J. Mohammed of Nigeria is deputy secretary-general of the United Nations and chair of…
The Economic Community of West African States conducted Operation Safe Domain III, aimed at keeping…
Just three years after the Nigerian Air Force took delivery of a dozen A-29 Super…
Guinea-Bissau, a West African nation once known as a “narco-state,” intercepted 2.63 metric tons of…
The remote town of Birao, Central African Republic, sits close to the borders of Chad…
The Cameroon Army is equipping its special forces with Turkish-made MPT-76 assault rifles. Developed in…
Tunisia is on track to buy an undisclosed number of 20-meter Archangel patrol boats from…