South Sudan

As South Sudanese peacekeepers walked off a Kenya Air Force C-27J Spartan military transport aircraft in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), they were fulfilling a pledge.  South Sudan’s president had promised to send 750 troops…

ADF STAFF The June massacre of 46 displaced persons in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Ituri-based Lala camp has fueled resentment residents feel toward the United Nation’s decadeslong peacekeeping mission there. MONUSCO, the…

ADF STAFF Wearing heavy work boots and a hard hat, Nancy Sunday climbed into her MineWolf, an armored vehicle that tills land to crush or detonate buried mines and other explosives. The mines, some of which date back to the…

ADF STAFF As violence has escalated in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), an array of African forces entered the country with promises of restoring peace. The latest addition, the Southern African Development Community (SADC),…

ADF STAFF With the East African Community Regional Force (EACRF) fully deployed and M23 rebels gradually withdrawing from occupied territory, there is some reason for hope in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. Still, experts…

ADF STAFF As Africa’s online community continues to grow, hackers and other malicious actors are waiting to invade those expanding networks to steal valuable data. A recent study by IBM’s Security X-Force cyberthreat analysts showed that…

ADF STAFF After six months of delays and logistical challenges, the East African Community Regional Force (EACRF) completed its full deployment in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on April 3. Thousands of Soldiers have arrived…

ADF STAFF The Ilemi Triangle is a sparsely populated, poorly demarcated tract of land on the border between Kenya and South Sudan. For years analysts have warned that this small, arid region has the potential to drive cross-border…

ADF STAFF A new report by the United Nations Panel of Experts on the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) revealed the grim security challenges in the active battleground that is the country’s eastern region. A battalion of 750 South…

ADF STAFF Forests cover just one-tenth of Sudan and are shrinking, the victim of governmental neglect that has allowed militia groups to log them with impunity. The disappearing forest cover is leading to increased desertification,…