A comprehensive approach to tackle violent extremism and terrorism appears to be underway in West Africa as the Economic ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Each night, throughout Islam’s holy month of Ramadan, families gather, neighbors share food freely and communities come together around beloved culinary traditions that carry ...

Experts and residents say some attacks target Christians, but most emphasize that in the widespread violence that has long ...

“What does it mean to be Muslim? What does it mean to be a woman?” author Ousseina Alidou asked on Tuesday in a seminar hosted by the Comparative Muslim Societies Program. Born in Niger, Prof. Alidou, ...

Mali is on the verge of falling to an Islamist group that has pledged to transform the country into a pre-modern caliphate.

Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, chairperson of the African Union Commission, says there is no Christian genocide in Nigeria.