Weapons could have inflicted appalling casualties
Nigeria
15 Dead in Nigeria Plane Crash
The passenger plane crashed shortly after takeoff at Lagos airport
Four Things You Need to Know About Nigeria’s Boko Haram
The leader of Boko Haram has a bigger bounty on his head than the leader of the Afghan Taliban — for a good reason. Boko Haram is very, very dangerous
After Grisly Mosque Attack, Nigeria’s Boko Haram Terrorist Group Calls Out Obama
Konduga is a tiny community on the banks of a river in northeastern Nigeria. Its residents are mostly farmers who are accustomed to a simple life filled with days that pass like the one before. That has recently changed, as an …
The War in Mali: Does France Have an Exit Strategy?
French officials say advances against Islamist militias in Mali may permit France to begin gradual troop withdrawal in March, as soldiers from African nations assume the lead role in battling the jihadi threat
French Family’s Cameroon Kidnapping Stokes Fears of a Pan-African Islamist War
The Feb. 19 kidnapping of a French family in Cameroon by suspected Islamist radicals raises fears of growing cross-boarder operations by African jihadi groups and the use of abduction as a tactic to counter France’s Mali intervention