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A Somali soldier patrols a street following a suicide car bomb and gun attack.

The death of a Navy SEAL reveals US mission creep in Somalia

May 25, 2017Books

A longtime Africa correspondent looks behind the headlines in Somalia and talks about his new memoir.

A police cadet injured during the attack on the Police Training Center lies in bed in a hospital in Quetta, Pakistan.

Attackers kill dozens of sleeping cadets at Pakistani police academy in Quetta

October 25, 2016Conflict

Zara John, 16, holds her baby, with her mother watching in the background.

A teen rescued from Boko Haram captivity still pines for her militant husband

February 15, 2016Conflict

A woman holding a rose prays during a Nairobi memorial vigil following an attack by gunmen at Kenya's Garissa University College.

Targeting the militants of al-Shabab with airstrikes is easier said than done

April 7, 2015Conflict