Issouf Sanogo / AFP via Getty Images Jihadists Kill 14 in Ambush as Islamist Violence Explodes Across West African Nation Fourteen soldiers were killed in an Islamic extremist attack in Burkina Faso. By The Associated Press November 13, 2020
Christophe Petit Tesson / Pool via AP, File French Forces Take Out Islamist Commander Responsible for Training Jihadist Recruits French forces killed an Islamist commander and four others in Mali. By The Associated Press November 13, 2020
Marco Longari / AFP via Getty Images Islamic Jihadists Behead More Than 50 People After Turning Soccer Field Into 'Execution Ground' The beheadings are the latest in a series of attacks carried about by the militants in the Cabo Delgado province since 2017. By Erin Coates November 11, 2020
Michael Sugrue / Getty Images American Hostage Rescued in Late-Night SEAL Team 6 Raid An American citizen kidnapped in Niger was rescued in a military operation in neighboring Nigeria. By The Associated Press October 31, 2020
Souleymane Ag Anara / AFP via Getty Images American Taken Hostage in African Country Plagued by Islamist Attacks An American citizen was kidnapped in the West African nation of Niger, likey by Islamic extremists. By The Associated Press October 27, 2020
Alex Edelman / AFP via Getty Images 'A New World': Trump Announces Peace Deal Between Israel and Sudan After Decades of War President Trump announced a US-brokered peace agreement between Israel and Sudan. By The Associated Press October 23, 2020
Sudanese Cabinet via AP, File Another US-Brokered Peace Deal Between Israel, Arab Rival Coming Soon US and Israeli officials visited Sudan to finalize a peace deal between Israel and the Arab nation. By The Associated Press October 22, 2020
Souleymane Ag Anara / AFP via Getty Images Islamic Extremist Rebels Claim New Victim Days After Deadly African Attacks Islamic extremists killed a UN peacekeeper and seriously injured another in Mali. By The Associated Press October 16, 2020
Themba Hadebe / AP Killing of White Farmer Sparks Tension in South Africa as Murder Trial Begins Leftists sang songs and shouted slogans calling for South Africa's land to be returned to black residents and for white farmers to be killed. By The Associated Press October 16, 2020
Alain Jocard / AFP via Getty Images 22 Killed in Day of Attacks by Islamist Rebels in War-Torn African Nation Twenty-two people were killed in a series of attacks by Islamic extremists in Mali. By The Associated Press October 14, 2020