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![Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi leaves after laying a wreath at the Mzee Jomo Kenyatta's mausoleum during his three-country African tour, as part of efforts to reduce the Islamic Republic's economic isolation.]()
By Ebenezer Obadare![<p>U.S. Border Patrol agents stand guard at the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building in Minneapolis, Minnesota, January 8, 2026.</p>]()
By Kaleah Haddock and Diana Roy- Backgrounder
Mexico’s Long War: Drugs, Crime, and the Cartels
![MEXICO-DRUGS-ARMY-INCINERATION]()
![<p>Conduits for fiber to connect superclusters of data centers are under construction during a tour of the OpenAI data center in Abilene, Texas, U.S., September 23, 2025.</p>]()
By Shannon K. O'Neil![<p>Members of the Civilian Joint Task Force stand guard during a drill near a bush in Minna, Niger state, Nigeria, on November 29, 2025. Vigilante groups have stepped in to fill security gaps as rural communities face rising attacks and abductions by armed gangs.</p>]()
By Ebenezer Obadare![<p>Displaced people ride an animal-drawn cart, following attacks on the Zamzam displacement camp, in the town of Tawila in Sudan on April 15, 2025.</p>]()
By Mariel Ferragamo![<p>People work at a construction site facing shortages of migrant workers due to immigration raids, near Mobile, Alabama, July 14, 2025.</p>]()
By Diana Roy![<p>People watch the USS Gravely, a U.S. Navy warship, departing the Port of Spain on October 30, 2025. </p>]()
By Will Merrow![<p>A newspaper with an article reporting U.S. President Donald Trump’s message to Nigeria over the treatment of Christians hangs at a newspaper stand in Ojuelegba, Lagos, Nigeria, on November 2, 2025.</p>]()
By Ebenezer Obadare- By Elliott Abrams
![<p>As fentanyl flows in from the south, the U.S. government has stepped up measures both at the border and beyond to curb the influx.</p>]()
By Mariel Ferragamo![<p>People walk along a street between St. Joseph Catholic Church and Kano Road Central Mosque in Kaduna, Nigeria. </p>]()
By Ebenezer Obadare- Backgrounder
Haiti’s Troubled Path to Development
![A Haitian girl walks through a garbage-filled ravine in Port-au-Prince.]()
- Backgrounder
How Does the U.S. Refugee System Work?
![<p>Meena Mosazai and her family live in Seattle after having moved from Afghanistan.</p>]()
![<p>Newspapers with articles reporting U.S. President Donald Trump’s message to Nigeria over the treatment of Christians hang at a newspaper stand in Ojuelegba, Lagos, Nigeria, on November 2, 2025.</p>]()
By Ebenezer Obadare- Backgrounder
Fentanyl and the U.S. Opioid Epidemic
![<p>Photos of fentanyl victims shown at the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration headquarters. </p>]()
