community relations

ADF STAFF In more than 15 years of fighting al-Shabaab, Somali leaders have discovered they cannot defeat the terror group by military means alone. Shortly after his election as president in 2022, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud revealed his plan…

At first glance, a football tournament, a literacy drive, food distribution and a medical clinic might not seem like part of the fight against violent extremism. But several contingents in the multinational force in northern Mozambique’s…

ADF STAFF During its more than two-year intervention in Mozambique, Rwanda has attempted to do something difficult: defeat an insurgency while avoiding civilian casualties. According to a new study, there is evidence that it is…

ADF STAFF The Zambia Army has set out to transform itself with a new focus on a civil-military concept and initiatives to professionalize its noncommissioned officers (NCOs), develop enlisted forces and improve public relations with…

ADF STAFF In the vast agricultural Middle Belt of central Nigeria, Emmanuel Ogbudu has witnessed the power of local interventions. Ogbudu, a monitoring and evaluation manager for the humanitarian group Mercy Corps, has spent more than…

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 After years of serving in the Senegalese Army, Gen. Mbaye Cissé wants to apply lessons he has learned and see more involvement from the public to deal with insecurity. Cissé, who has been director-general of the Dakar-based…

ADF STAFF The violence that engulfed South Africa in July 2021 shocked and traumatized the country. Many fear it could happen again if societal root causes are not addressed. President Cyril Ramaphosa called the wave of violence that hit…

ADF STAFF | Photos by U.S. AFRICA COMMAND Niger’s military has launched a program to improve the lives of citizens living in the Agadez region surrounding Nigerien Air Base 201, a United States drone air base. The newly created Action…

ADF STAFF When two Sudanese doctors living in the United States took action to help their homeland during the pandemic, they knew it was just the start of a longer journey. One year after launching their project with medical students in…