Washington Post
Jan 14, 2021
Peace talks are faltering, violence has surged, and U.S. troops are pulling out
Can the Afghan government withstand the pressure? KABUL — Growing uncertainty over peace talks with the Taliban, a drumbeat of targeted...
New York Times 1
Jan 13, 2021
‘I Could Just Vanish’: In Kabul, Pocket Notes to Prevent Anonymous Death
As violence engulfs them, some Afghans carry notes with their names, blood types and relatives’ phone numbers in case they are killed or...
AFP (Agence France-Press)
Jan 8, 2021
Jihadist attack kills 13 in northern Cameroon
Douala (AFP) - Thirteen civilians, eight of them children, died Friday when a woman suicide bomber blew herself up in a jihadist attack...
VOA (Voice of America)
Jan 7, 2021
UNICEF Calls for End to Massacre of Children and Families in Niger
By Keminni Amanor The U.N. children’s fund has strongly condemned the killing of at least 17 minors among scores of others slain in a...
Associated Press 1
Jan 5, 2021
Witnesses say 20 are killed in an airstrike in central Mali
By Baba Ahmed BAMAKO, Mali — At least 20 people have been killed in an airstrike on a village in central Mali where Islamic extremists...
New York Times 1
Jan 3, 2021
100 Civilians Are Reported Dead After Attacks in Niger
Gunmen were described as having singled out men and boys in two villages in a region under siege by militants. NIAMEY, Niger — A hundred...
Médecins Sans Frontières
Dec 30, 2020
Trying to survive a three-year nightmare in Mozambique
Caroline Gaudron is the strategic support manager for MSF in Mozambique, focusing on the conflict in Cabo Delgado province. Here she...
Associated Press 1
Dec 29, 2020
Rebels attack villages in northern Nigeria, killing 10
By Haruna Umar MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Attacks by gunmen suspected to be from Nigeria’s Boko Haram jihadist rebels have killed at least...
Washington Post
Dec 28, 2020
Targeted killings of journalists are on the rise across Afghanistan
KABUL — Malala Maiwand sat on a television studio couch, pen and notebook in hand, a dark red headscarf framing her face. She was hosting...
BBC News
Dec 25, 2020
Boko Haram kill villagers in Christmas Eve attack
Several people are dead in northeast Nigeria after Boko Haram militants raided a mostly Christian village and burnt down a church on...
NPR 1
Dec 23, 2020
'Our Houses Are Not Safe': Residents Fear Taliban In Afghanistan's Capital
By Diaa Hadid and Fazelminallah Qazizai In a mosque on the outskirts of Afghanistan's capital, Kabul, a preacher crowed to assembled men...
Al Jazeera
Dec 22, 2020
UN probe in Mali sees war crimes, crimes against humanity: Report
Allegations made in a 338-page report by the International Commission of Inquiry for Mali which investigated violence between 2012-2018....
