Russia’s troubled North Caucasus region continues to struggle with a low-level Islamic insurgency, but a heavy-handed approach to counterinsurgency has not addressed the root causes of separatism in ...

Cameroon soldiers guard at a lookout post as they take part in operations against Boko Haram fighters. (Credit: Edwin Kindzeka Moki/AP.) Listen YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon – Cameroon is continuing to be ...

A series of suicide bombings ahead of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi has brought new attention to Russia's unstable North Caucasus region. The violence highlights governance and counterterrorism ...

The Muslim population in the Middle East-North Africa region is expected to grow by more than a third (37%) in the next 20 years. It is projected to grow from 321.9 million in 2010 to 439.5 million in ...

More than nine-in-ten people in the Middle East and North Africa were Muslim as of 2010 (93%), and the share of the region’s population that is Muslim is expected to be slightly higher in 2050 (94%).