Africa Defense Forum
ADF is a professional military magazine published quarterly by U.S. Africa Command to provide an international forum for African security professionals. ADF covers topics such as counter terrorism strategies, security and defense operations, transnational crime, and all other issues affecting peace, stability, and good governance on the African continent.
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U.N. Wants Special Armor for Women

UNITED NATIONS The United States representative to the United Nations has announced a pledge of $3 million to support a body armor pilot program for women.  Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield joined partners from Ghana, the…

Women Expand Role in Peacekeeping

UNITED NATIONS For more than a year, a group of United Nations peacekeepers from Ghana led by Capt. Esinam Baah regularly patrolled the “blue line,” or the demarcation line between Lebanon and Israel. They visited neighborhoods in the…

Women’s Unit Breaks New Ground in Mali

U.N. PEACEKEEPING The Egyptian Formed Police Unit, deployed in Douentza, Mali, as part of the U.N. mission (MINUSMA) in 2017, set up three teams to tackle the threat of improvised explosive devices (IED). One of them was composed…