The US Department of State warns of the risk of traveling to Kenya. Those considering traveling there should be aware of recently heightened threats of terrorism and of the high rate of violent crime in some areas. 

Attacks by grenades and improvised explosive devices have occurred throughout Kenya. In 2014 and 2015, the Mombasa area had at least eight such attacks. The US government continues to receive information about potential terrorist threats from al-Qaeda and its affiliate al-...

For the month of October 2015, a record number of migrants, 218,394, entered Europe across the Mediterranean Sea, emigrating from North Africa or the Middle East. The vast majority, 210,000, entered Europe through Greece. The total number of migrants in October was nearly equal to the number of migrants who arrived in Europe in all of 2014. 

In all of 2015, nearly 750,000 migrants and refugees made their way to Europe, mostly to escape conflicts in Syria, Iraq and Somalia. Many made...

At least 87 people were killed in Burundi’s capital, Bujumbura, on Dec. 11 as antigovernment protesters clashed with the armed forces.

Ongoing violence in Bujumbura began in April 2015 when Burundi’s president, Pierre Nkurunziza, announced he would be running for a third term in office, an act that many considered unconstitutional but which was upheld by a Burundian court. Nkurunziza was reelected in July in a disputed election. Since April, more than 400 people have been killed and...