NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A security expert told Fox News Digital the first 48 hours are critical in the search for an American Christian missionary kidnapped in the West African nation of Niger, who may have already been moved between Islamic State-controlled areas where an ISIS offshoot operates. Bryan Stern, founder of the crisis response group …
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American missionary kidnapped in Niger by suspected Islamist militants, sources say
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The U.S. government is aware of the kidnapping of an American Christian missionary in the West African nation of Niger, U.S. official sources told Fox News. The sources told Fox News that they suspect that the missionary has been taken north to Islamic State-controlled areas where an offshoot of ISIS operates. “We …
Read More »Russian mercenaries replace Western forces as ISIS surges across Africa’s Sahel region
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Analysts claim the withdrawal of U.S. and European troops from countries in Africa’s Sahel, and their replacement by Russian mercenaries, has led to a spike in jihadist-driven terrorism. The Sahel is a belt of countries running roughly west to east across the continent just below the Sahara Desert. A total of 3,885 …
Read More »African island nation plunged into political chaos as president flees country, military seizes control
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A military coup has unfolded in Madagascar, according to an Associated Press report that also indicates the country’s parliament voted to impeach President Andry Rajoelina, who recently fled the nation. Madagascar is a large island off the coast of the mainland African continent. Right after parliament voted to impeach Rajoelina, who fled …
Read More »Trump and Rubio secure Rwanda-Congo peace treaty amid Pakistan’s Nobel Prize nomination
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald Trump announced on Friday he and Secretary of State Marco Rubio had secured a “wonderful” treaty between Rwanda and Congo, as Pakistan formally nominated him for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize. “I am very happy to report that I have arranged, along with Secretary of State Marco Rubio, a wonderful …
Read More »Bishop’s village attacked, 20 slain after recent testimony to Congress on Christian persecution
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! FIRST ON FOX: A Nigerian bishop has been threatened and his home village murderously attacked after he appealed to lawmakers at a March congressional hearing for the killing of Christians to stop. Bishop Wilfred Anagbe told Fox News Digital in an exclusive interview this week that after he went to Washington to …
Read More »Bold move to keep Americans safe from ‘terrorists’ is basis for US travel ban for some African nations
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald Trump’s restrictions on travel from 10 African countries are being praised by analysts for improving U.S. security internationally and domestically. The president said on X the travel ban was being introduced after a terror attack against a pro-Israel group advocating for Hamas to release Israeli hostages in Boulder, Colorado, last …
Read More »Floods kill at least 111 as northern Nigeria battles climate change, dry spells and heavy rainfall
Torrents of predawn rain unleashed flooding that killed at least 111 people in a market town where northern Nigerian farmers sell their wares to traders from the south, officials said Friday, predicting the death toll would grow. The Nigerian Hydrological Services Agency did not immediately say how much rain fell after midnight Thursday in the town of Mokwa in the …
Read More »Who is Julius Malema, the South African politician behind ‘kill the farmer’ chant?
JOHANNESBURG – Julius Malema, the South African politician who President Donald Trump wants arrested for repeatedly chanting “kill the farmer,” is reportedly a Rolex watch-wearing Gucci revolutionary, often seen in snazzy, expensive clothes, who champions the poor from a luxury mansion in what is said to be South Africa’s richest street. He has also called for the further arming of …
Read More »US Africa commander highlights terror growth in Sahel and competition with China for influence
A top United States military general warned Thursday that terror groups in Africa are ramping up their ability to conduct attacks in the U.S. Gen. Michael Langley, the four-star Marine General who leads U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM), said the Sahel region of the continent is now the “flashpoint of prolonged conflict and growing instability. It is the epicenter of terrorism on …
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