national security

ADF STAFF Russian authorities in late April arrested a high-ranking defense official on charges of large-scale bribery. An investigation that led to the arrest of Maj. Gen. Timur Ivanov unearthed a trail of corruption and the Kremlin’s…

ADF STAFF Russia faces fresh allegations of flooding Libyan markets with counterfeit banknotes in another bid to further destabilize the country. The Kremlin has a documented history of sending counterfeit currency to Libyan National…

ADF STAFF South Africa has launched its latest venture exploring the potential for artificial intelligence (AI), this time in the defense sphere. The Defence Artificial Intelligence Research Unit (DAIRU) opened in early May at the South…

ADF STAFF The Democratic Republic of the Congo in 2023 recorded the largest increase in military spending globally as local and international forces worked to secure the country’s conflict-ridden eastern areas. South Sudan reported the…

ADF STAFF The Djiboutian Coast Guard, the Spanish Navy and the United States Navy in April participated in a biannual personnel recovery exercise at Camp Lemonnier. Operation Bull Shark was designed by the two forces to test…

ADF STAFF Thirty years after its founding, the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) finds its historic role as a peacekeeping group on the continent increasingly limited by financial constraints that may force leaders to rethink…

ADF STAFF Two gym instructors in Oromia, Ethiopia’s largest and most populous region, were detained on suspicion of working with the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA), which has battled government forces for decades. The instructors denied…

ADF STAFF Rebels killed at least 21 people, including children and a Soldier, in the northern Central African Republic (CAR) in late December. Nzakoundou village residents blamed the attack on a rebel group that claims to protect Muslim…

ADF STAFF Ethiopian security forces killed at least 45 civilians in their homes in Amhara State in late January, according to the state-affiliated Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC). The commission said in a statement that…

ADF STAFF Dozens of women and girls were lined up in a schoolyard in Port Sudan with AK-47 assault rifles at their feet. They loaded the weapons with ammunition as a military trainer barked orders, then laid flat on their stomachs…