Does religion shape society less or more than society shapes it? Less, according to this solidly researched study of the comparative status of Muslim women in northern Nigeria and Senegal.

Al Qaeda-linked Islamists declared on Thursday they had secured full control of Mali’s desert north from separatist rebels with whom they had temporarily joined forces to seize territory earlier this ...

History, beliefs, controversies, and the enduring influence of a West African Sufi movement across West Africa, stretching ...

LAGOS (Reuters) - A Nigerian man linked to al Qaeda tried to set off an explosive device aboard a U.S. passenger plane as it approached Detroit on Friday, but was overpowered by passengers and crew, ...

Reviewed by H. F. C. Smith, "Islam in West Africa," Ibadan (Ibadan, Nigeria) no. 15, March 1963, pages 31-33 https://siris-libraries.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile ...

The Senegalese capital Dakar is making history with the inauguration of the International Museum of Prophet Muhammad and Islamic Civilizations. This project is part of a significant diplomatic and ...

Scholarship on Christian engagement of Islam in Africa is expanding, and many Africans, especially Christian theologians, are taking interest. The growth in scholarship on Islam and its varied ...

Egypt’s Al-Azhar Observatory for Combating Extremism recorded 11 terrorist attacks in West Africa and the Sahel during ...

Militants from the al Qaeda-linked Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) killed at least 10 soldiers in an attack in western Niger, security sources said on Thursday. The soldiers were attacked ...

The ECOWAS Commission sounded the alarm on Monday in New York over the rapid rise of terrorism now affecting the whole of ...

Central governments in the West Africa region are too often unable to disrupt the links between terrorism and criminal networks in the region.