As India builds greater ties with Africa, the Indian Navy is playing a significant role…
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.
Gabon has signed a memorandum of understanding with Global Fishing Watch, a nonprofit organization, that…
Across the vast expanses of rural Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger, residents feel little influence…
The Nigerian Armed Forces expects to host chiefs of defense from all 54 African nations…
Islamic State-Mozambique is one of many terrorist groups in Africa using child abduction as a…
Across Africa, so-called “ungoverned spaces” serve as breeding grounds for terrorist organizations as well as…
Tanzania has a long history of protecting civilians, promoting peace and supporting peacekeeping operations, particularly…
Before the terrorists came, Dagodji was a thriving village alongside the Niger River in central…
After the fall of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad in December 2024, Russia has scrambled to…
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…