David Zucchino & Fatima Faizi | NY Times
- 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/France 24
- 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...
Keminni Amanor | VOA
- Jan 7, 2021
UNICEF Calls for End to Massacre of Children and Families in Niger
The U.N. children’s fund has strongly condemned the killing of at least 17 minors among scores of others slain in a weekend massacre in...
Baba Ahmed | AP
- Jan 5, 2021
Witnesses say 20 are killed in an airstrike in central Mali
BAMAKO, Mali — At least 20 people have been killed in an airstrike on a village in central Mali where Islamic extremists had confronted a...
Omar Hama Saley & Ruth Maclean | NY Times
- 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...
Taliban carrying out campaign of terror in Afghan capital ahead of peace talks next week
KABUL — In a video, five turbaned fighters stand in a row, wearing flak jackets and sneakers, assault rifles at the ready. One declares...
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...
Haruna Umar | AP
- Dec 29, 2020
Rebels attack villages in northern Nigeria, killing 10
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Attacks by gunmen suspected to be from Nigeria’s Boko Haram jihadist rebels have killed at least 10 people in...
Sharif Hassan | The 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...
Diaa Hadid & Fazelminallah Qazizai | NPR
- Dec 23, 2020
'Our Houses Are Not Safe': Residents Fear Taliban In Afghanistan's Capital
In a mosque on the outskirts of Afghanistan's capital, Kabul, a preacher crowed to assembled men and boys: The Taliban, with their...