Tag: Africa Defense Forum
Yaounde Code of Conduct taking shape in the Gulf of Guinea
Security professionals in the Gulf of Guinea know that if they want to spot criminals in the open water, the best place to look...
Feature: A pathway to professionalism
For African countries, improving the security outlook does not require better weapons or larger defense budgets. Instead, the precarious balance of national...
Feature: Protecting civilians in times of conflict
In asymmetric wars, more needs to be done to protect people caught in the middle
A small bus loaded with 24 people from...
Sustaining momentum in the Lake Chad Basin
The commander of a regional force believes stability and peace will brighten the future of the Lake Chad Basin.
Nigerian Army Maj. Gen....
A study of Boko Haram’s public communications offers hints on its...
In July 2011, the Nigerian government unveiled plans to make telecommunications companies dedicate toll-free phone lines so civilians could report Boko Haram...
Surveillance technology helps secure border zones
As Tunisia emerges from the most tumultuous period in its history, one thing has become clear: It must secure its borders.
This fact...
The fight for fertile land
For generations, Fulani herdsmen have roamed North Africa, grazing their animals. In the 60 years of post-colonial Africa, life for the herdsmen,...
There is a way out for al Shabaab fighters
Ahmed, the son of a fisherman, joined al-Shabaab in 2006 as a way to earn money and support his five children. He...
Fighting terrorism in Burkina Faso
Terrorism and violent extremism surged in West Africa after the Malian crisis in 2012. Among Sahelian countries such as Chad, Mali, Mauritania...
Military outsourcing offers savings, expertise
The core responsibilities of militaries all over the world include protecting civilians, rescue work during natural disasters and securing borders. But these...
The tyranny of distance
Any international peacekeeping mission will present a long list of logistical challenges. Mission settings are inevitably established in areas reeling from recent...
ISIS taps into teen isolation
It's happening almost all over the world: Teenagers are lying to their parents, secretly saving up money, getting passports and sneaking away...
Reforming a radical
The idealized version of deradicalization is that it happens in an instant. A dedicated jihadist sees the light and chooses to walk...
Fighting Extremism from the ground up
War and civil strife have surrounded Ghana for years. Neighbor Côte d'Ivoire has fought two bloody civil wars since 2002. Liberia has...
Africa Part of ISIS’ Global Strategy
The continent is at the center of a three-pronged quest for worldwide Jihad.
ISIS is advancing its plans for a worldwide caliphate on...
Feature: Pirates seek out weak spots in the Gulf of Guinea
The pirates of the Gulf of Guinea can be an unimpressive-looking group. Although they are hard and muscular, captured pirates often dress...
Nigerian Army: A new foe, a new strategy
Maj. Gen. Ibrahim Sani, chief of transformation and innovation for the Nigerian Army, said his country is countering the threat of Boko...
Feature: Armed and dangerous – Nigeria looks to stem the flow...
In a blurry, 36-minute video shot somewhere in northeastern Nigeria, a man wearing a black cap and reading from a stack of...
