KINGSTON, Jamaica — Former Commissioner of Police Antony Anderson has been appointed Jamaica’s ambassador-designate to the United States of America and Permanent Representative-designate to ...

By Alexis Schaitkin Books about writers’ dogs and cats are a literary staple. Now there’s a booming subset of memoirs about writers’ relationships with less domestic creatures.

His story isn’t unique. Across Jamaica, from Montego Bay’s hotels to Kingston’s markets, whispers of economic strain are growing louder. Yet, as of February 2025, Jamaica’s top officials ...

the U.S. committed to spending $20 million to counter the spread of al-Qaida and the Islamic State group here and in dozens of other villages. The Trump administration’s sweeping foreign aid ...

The Trump administration's sweeping cuts in foreign aid have impacted programs in northern Ivory Coast to counter the spread of al-Qaida and the Islamic State group KIMBIRILA-NORD, Ivory Coast ...

By Alexandra Jacobs Our crime columnist recommends books starring hard-boiled investigators who are ready to travel down the meanest streets to root out the darkest truths. By Sarah Weinman In ...

Groups linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State group have conquered large areas and killed thousands in the Sahel and have been spreading into wealthier West African coastal states, such as Ivory ...

Aminata Doumbia, president of the women's group, sits next to a pit on farmland that was leased with help from USAID but has not yet been cultivated because the funding has ceased in Kimbirila ...