African Union

ADF STAFF In a press conference in January, Zambia announced that it would be one of the first countries in Africa to offer a 5G mobile network as part of a pilot project. The technology, which stands for “fifth generation mobile…

ADF STAFF The news that a junta had overthrown Burkinabe President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, the only democratically elected head of state in the country’s history, had a familiar ring to it. It was the fourth successful military…

ADF STAFF As a crowd of more than 1,000 people gathered in Ouagadougou’s national square after the announcement of a military coup, there was an unusual sight: Russian flags being waved in celebration. West Africa’s third coup in…

ADF STAFF Amid the many challenges of rooting out Islamist extremists from the dense forests of northeastern Mozambique lies another issue — how to sustain the joint military effort. In addition to the Armed Defense Forces of…

ADF STAFF To improve the political stability of African nations, the African Union recently launched its Centre for Post-Conflict Reconstruction and Development (PCRD). The new agency is based in Egypt and mandated to provide…

ADF STAFF The African Union has had a regional peacekeeping mission in Somalia for nearly as long as the country has been plagued by an Islamist extremist insurgency. Established in 2007, the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM)…

ADF STAFF When the COVID-19 pandemic struck, lawyer David Ngwerume didn’t just sit around waiting for the courthouse to reopen. He was inspired to create art with a message of hope and unity, as he and fellow Zimbabweans adhered to…

ADF STAFF Amid a recent surge of terrorism in Somalia and the continued lack of adequate state security forces, the need for peacekeepers remains high. Time is running out, however, on the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM),…

ADF STAFF Last year, Margaret Ilomuanya was unable to find her aunt’s hypertension medicine in Lagos, Nigeria’s largest city, for nearly three months. Her experience was common in Africa, where every country suffered some degree of…

ADF STAFF Since the onset of the global pandemic, African nations have conducted 72 million tests for COVID-19. In the eyes of public health experts, that’s not nearly enough to prevent another wave of infections from sweeping the…