Security Threats

Africa Defense Forum provides a wide variety of news and information to assist security professionals on the continent. To assist readers with tracking issues of interest, we have organized our content under the following sections. Click on a topic below to learn more:

Asymmetric Warfare

• Disinformation
• Propaganda 

Border Security

Civil War

Counter Terrorism

• Al Qaeda 
• Al Shabaab 
• Boko Haram 
• Islamic State
• ISWAP 
• ASWJ 
• Terrorist Recruitment 
• Terrorist Financing 

Cyber Security 

Illicit Trafficking

• Small Arms Lights Weapons (SALW)
• Drugs 
• Humans 
• Logging 
• Poaching  

Law of Warfare

• War Crimes 
• Genocide 
• Child Soldiers 

Maritime Security

• IUU 
• Piracy 
• Kidnapping 

Natural Resources Conflict

• Food Security 
• Minerals 

Pandemics

• COVID
• Ebola

Peacekeeping

• ATMIS
• MINUSMA
• MINUSCA
• MONUSCO
• UNMISS
• UNAMID
• UNISFA

Professionalism

• Professional Military Education (PME)
• Security Sector Reform (SSR)
• Training Exercise
• Disaster Management
• Women, Peace & Security (WPS)