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![<p>A protester with a poster featuring the late Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei on his head joins a demonstration with Houthi supporters in solidarity with Iran and Lebanon, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Sanaa, Yemen, on March 6, 2026.</p>]()
![<p>Nigerian President Bola Tinubu leaves 10 Downing Street after meeting with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer during his state visit to the United Kingdom, in London, England, on March 19, 2026.</p>]()
By Ebenezer Obadare![<p>Trucks carry the wrapped bodies of people killed by suspected Boko Haram militants, during their funeral in Yobe, Nigeria, on September 3, 2024.</p>]()
By Ebenezer Obadare![<p>A man stands in front of a damaged and burnt house following a deadly gunmen attack in Yelwata, Benue State, Nigeria on June 16, 2025.</p>]()
By Ebenezer Obadare![<p>A Colombian police officer stands near the site of a car explosion in Jamundi.</p>]()
By Steven Holmes![<p>M23 rebels stand guard during a meeting at the Stade de l’Unite, after the town of Goma was taken by the M23 rebels, in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, on February 6, 2025.</p>]()
By Michelle Gavin![<p>Members of the M23 armed group walk through a street of the Keshero neighborhood in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo on January 27, 2025.</p>]()
By Michelle Gavin![<p>A truck filled with explosives used in an attack by the ELN against a military base, burns in Arauca.</p>]()
By Will Freeman and Steven Holmes![<p>The Congolese Republican Guard and police block a road around the scene of an attempted coup d’etat in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo on May 19, 2024.</p>]()
By Michelle Gavin![<p>An Israeli tank drives along Israel’s border with the Gaza Strip.</p>]()
By Steven A. Cook![<p>Members of the Nigerian Labor Union march during a protest against fuel price hikes and rising costs, in Abuja, Nigeria on August 2, 2023.</p>]()
By Ebenezer Obadare![<p>A man walks past police officers in position, as protesters block the domestic terminal of Murtala Muhammed International Airport during a strike over working conditions and wages, in Lagos, Nigeria on April 17, 2023.</p>]()
By Ebenezer Obadare![<p>Sodiq Ajibade looks on from the doorway of his home in Lagos, Nigeria on December 11, 2023</p>]()
By Ebenezer Obadare![<p>Faithfuls attend a crossover service on New Year’s Eve at the Love Of Christ Generation Church in Lagos, Nigeria on December 31, 2023.</p>]()
By Ebenezer Obadare![<p>Mozambique police forces are seen stationing in front of the Technical Secretariat of Electoral Administration building as supporters of the opposition party RENAMO demonstrate in Maputo, Mozambique on October 17, 2023.</p>]()
By Michelle Gavin![<p>Supporters of the Nigerien defense and security forces gather during a demonstration outside the national assembly in Niamey, Niger on July 27, 2023.</p>]()
By Michelle Gavin![<p>The map depicts deaths by state. Borno State, in Nigeria’s North East, is the epicenter of Boko Haram-related violence, which has also spilled into neighboring Adamawa and Yobe states, among others.</p>]()
By CFR Africa Program- By Michelle Gavin
![<p>The map depicts deaths by state. Borno State, in Nigeria’s North East, is the epicenter of Boko Haram-related violence, which has also spilled into neighboring Adamawa and Yobe states, among others.</p>]()
By CFR Africa Program![<p>The map depicts deaths by state. Borno State, in Nigeria’s North East, is the epicenter of Boko Haram-related violence, which has also spilled into neighboring Adamawa and Yobe states, among others.</p>]()
By CFR Africa Program![<p>The map depicts deaths by state. Borno State, in Nigeria’s North East, is the epicenter of Boko Haram-related violence, which has also spilled into neighboring Adamawa and Yobe states, among others.</p>]()
By CFR Africa Program![<p>The map depicts deaths by state. Borno State, in Nigeria’s North East, is the epicenter of Boko Haram-related violence, which has also spilled into neighboring Adamawa and Yobe states, among others.</p>]()
By CFR Africa Program![<p>The map depicts deaths by state. Borno State, in Nigeria’s North East, is the epicenter of Boko Haram-related violence, which has also spilled into neighboring Adamawa and Yobe states, among others.</p>]()
By CFR Africa Program![<p>The map depicts deaths by state. Borno State, in Nigeria’s North East, is the epicenter of Boko Haram-related violence, which has also spilled into neighboring Adamawa and Yobe states, among others.</p>]()
By CFR Africa Program
