The attack on a village in northeastern Nigeria was attributed to the Islamist group Boko Haram, which had lately regrouped in a rural area of the country.    

History tells us that the Plague of Justinian and the Black Death each took a large fraction of the earth’s population. Science tells us that the plague is still out there.    

Hillary Rodham Clinton’s comments on the attack on the United States mission in Libya in 2012 that left four Americans dead represent some of her most candid remarks about the incident.    

At least 13 people were killed in Central African Republic on Monday as the top U.N. human rights official warned of escalating reprisals against Muslims.    

The United States is deeply concerned about the escalation of religious violence in Central African Republic, where at least 18 people have been killed in recent days.    

A Somali rebel commander blamed the United States for a missile strike that he said killed Sahal Iskudhuq, a militant who was believed to be close to the Shabab’s top leader.    

The country’s Assembly voted its approval on Sunday, completing a two-year drafting process and ushering in a new democratic era.    

Islamist militants shot down an Egyptian military helicopter in the Sinai Peninsula with a surface-to-air missile over the weekend, raising new alarms about the terrorist insurgency there.