national security

ADF STAFF With the launch of its Gaindesat-1A satellite in August, Senegal joined the growing list of African nations establishing a presence in space. Senegalese engineers and technicians designed Gaindesat-1A in collaboration with…

ADF STAFF A convoy composed of Malian Armed Forces (FAMa) troops and Russian mercenaries rode in military vehicles, armored vehicles, trucks and pickups as they headed toward the northern town of Tinzawaten in late September. Their…

ADF STAFF Cybercrime is expected to cost continental governments a total of $10.5 trillion annually by 2025, an increase from $3 trillion in 2015, according to the African Union. The rise in cybercrime coincides with increased efforts…

ADF STAFF Tensions between Algeria and Mali are growing over how to resolve Mali’s ongoing Tuareg rebellion, which has continued for more than a decade. Algeria supports a negotiated settlement that addresses the rebels’ concerns and…

ADF STAFF Three members of Guinea’s National Front for the Defense of the Constitution (FNDC) were planning a demonstration against the country’s military junta when soldiers dressed as civilians arrived in armored vehicles and arrested…

ADF STAFF South Africa’s Navy, once the continent’s most powerful, is now struggling after years of financial belt-tightening forced it to forego needed maintenance and recruitment. The Navy’s recorded sea hours have dropped by more than…

ADF STAFF The flow of arms into Sub-Saharan Africa is declining, and the role of longtime suppliers such as Russia and China has diminished as other actors enter the mix. The Italian Institute for International Political Studies…

ADF STAFF Aynalem was on a bus traveling from Ethiopia’s Amhara region to Addis Ababa in late August when the vehicle was ambushed by militants from the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA), which claims to fight for the self-determination of the…

ADF STAFF For more than a decade, improvised explosive devices have been the deadliest weapons terrorists in Somalia have deployed against both Soldiers and civilians. Since 2014, IEDs planted by al-Shabaab have killed or injured more…

ADF STAFF The fifth filling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam has raised more than the level of the hydropower dam’s sprawling reservoir: It has also raised tensions between Ethiopia and Egypt over control of the Nile River. The most…