In Kenya, the outcome of an election in August that would have resulted in the reelection of President Uhuru Kenyatta was annulled by the Kenyan Supreme Court after the court discovered “irregularities” in the voting process. Another vote was scheduled for Oct. 26. During protests and sectarian violence that took place after the first vote was annulled, at least 50 people were killed.
In Acapulco, Mexico, four people were killed in a gang shootout on Aug. 14. As of press time, there had been more than 400 reported murders in Acapulco in 2017, second in Mexico only to Tijuana, with more than 700 reported murders in 2017, mostly drug-gang-related. The month of June was the deadliest month in Mexico in 20 years, with at least 2,234 murders reported across the country.
In 2014, it was discovered that art dealer Cornelius Gurlitt, son of Nazi art dealer Hildebrand Gurlitt, had hoarded more than 1,500 unreported works of art in his Munich apartment, most suspected to have been stolen by the Nazis. Cornelius died before facing trial for tax evasion, and he left his collection to the Kunstmuseum Bern. Until March 11, 2018, more than 400 of the works can be seen in two locations.
• Kunstmuseum Bern (Hodlerstrasse 12, Bern, Switzerland; phone +41 31 328 09 44, www.kunstmuseum
On Aug. 10, a man identified as an Algerian national drove his car into a group of soldiers in a Paris suburb, injuring six. The man was captured by police near Boulogne. The incident is being described as a terrorist act, but the man, who is a legal resident of France, has no known connections to any terrorist group.
Gunmen attacked the Aziz Istanbul café in central Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, on Aug. 14, killing 18 people. Security forces killed two gunmen in an overnight siege of the building. The café was popular with tourists and expatriates; at least eight of those killed were foreigners.
Brazil dispatched nearly 10,000 soldiers in the state of Rio de Janeiro on July 31 in an effort to tackle rising crime. Ninety police officers have been killed in violence between police and gangs in the state, of which the city of Rio is the capital and most populous area, since the beginning of 2017. In addition, it is estimated that an average of three people are killed each day by stray bullets fired during shootouts between police and gangs.
A suicide bomber targeted a police checkpoint near a market in the eastern Pakistan city of Lahore on July 24, killing 26 people and injuring more than 50 others. A Pakistani branch of the Islamist militant group the Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.
The US Department of State warns of the risks of traveling in Burkina Faso and recommends avoiding travel to the northern part of the Sahel region due to continuing threats to safety from terrorism.
The US Department of State released a Travel Alert on May 1 warning of the continued threat of terrorist attacks throughout Europe.
While European governments continue counterterrorism operations, the Department of State remains concerned about the potential for future terrorist attacks. Travelers should be aware that terrorist sympathizers or self-radicalized extremists may conduct attacks with little or no warning.
The Department of State warns of the risks of traveling to Niger, due to terrorist activity, kidnappings and high crime by extremist groups, including AQIM, Daesh and Boko Haram. Terrorist organizations, armed robbers and smugglers operate in the areas bordering Mali and Libya and throughout northern Niger.
On March 3, after a spate of deadly attacks, the Nigerien government declared a state of emergency for seven departments of the Tillabéri and Tahoua regions bordering Mali.