People who fled attacks by ISIL in northern Burkina Faso are pictured at a camp for the internally displaced in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso [File: Zohra Bensemra/Reuters] Around four million people are ...

Today, Nigeria is the deadliest country in the world for being a Christian. If Islamic terrorism there continues unchecked, it could become a global threat. Since the beginning of 2025, the ...

As The Washington Post’s West Africa bureau chief based in Senegal, I’ve reported from nine countries across the Sahel over the past 2½ years. I’ve covered three coups, the arrival of Russian fighters ...

The recent spread of terrorism and violent extremism, uncontrolled transnational organized crime and illicit cross-border trafficking in drugs, arms and people, as well as lack of good governance and ...

Today, on World Day Against Trafficking in Persons, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, warns of life-threatening gaps in assistance to victims of trafficking and other vulnerable people in need of ...