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African-Led Peacekeeping Missions Deploy Where ‘There is No Peace at All’

Global UpfrontJan 16, 2025January 16, 20250

By ADF Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty in late December 2024 announced that Egypt will contribute troops to the new African Union Support and Stabilization Mission in

Stalemate With Rebels Grips Cameroon’s Anglophone Region

Global UpfrontJan 7, 2025January 7, 20250

By ADF Every February 14 in a remote part of northwestern Cameroon, the people of Ngarbuh village gather to pray around the graves of the

Fall Of Syria Could Be Major Blow to Russia’s Strategy in Africa

Global UpfrontDec 27, 2024December 27, 20240

By ADF After years of propping up Syrian despot Bashar al-Assad with a combination of military and mercenary might, Russia ultimately could not protect him

Sudan War Destabilizes Eastern Chad

Global UpfrontDec 26, 2024December 26, 20240

By ADF More than 930,000 people have fled Sudan’s civil war for eastern Chad, the majority of them arriving in the Ouaddaï province, where locals

Nigeria’s ‘Hustle Kingdom’ Trains Future Generations of Cybercriminals

Global UpfrontDec 17, 2024December 17, 20240

By ADF Staff Nigeria’s so-called Yahoo Boys begin learning the tricks of online fraud early. They’re often as young as 12 when they are recruited

Gulf Of Guinea: Grand African NEMO Strengthens Collaboration To Combat Sea Crimes

Global UpfrontDec 14, 2024December 14, 20240

By ADF STAFF As part of the fight against illegal fishing, drug and human trafficking, piracy, oil theft, and other sea crimes in the Gulf

Terror Group Lukarawas Adds to Northwest Nigeria’s Security Concerns

Global UpfrontDec 13, 2024December 13, 20240

By ADF Staff A terror organization known as Lukarawas is sowing fear in northwest Nigeria’s Kebbi and Sokoto states, an area in which Boko Haram,

Nigeria Strives To Contain Banditry Problem

Global UpfrontNov 22, 2024November 22, 20240

By Africa Defense Forum, November 21, 2024 On Christmas Day in 2023, fighters commonly called “bandits” killed more than 115 people in northern Nigeria. The

Learning Peacekeeping Lessons From Force Commanders

Global UpfrontOct 31, 2024October 31, 20240

By ADF With almost half of all United Nations peacekeeping operations located in Africa, the continent has been the site of many successes, challenges and

Flags at Nigerian Protests Could Signal Russian Plans to Expand Influence

Global UpfrontOct 23, 2024October 23, 20240

By Africa Defense Forum (ADF) After forming alliances with military-led juntas in the Sahel, Russia might be moving its influence campaign south by supporting social