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French President Emmanuel Macron has vowed to resume cooperation between France and Rwanda even though relations between the two countries are not yet fully normalized. Following a meeting Wednesday in Paris with Rwandan counterpart Paul Kagame, Macron said “what’s important is to build the future” through a...

A Burkina Faso official says three extremists and one member of the security forces have been killed during an effort to dismantle an Islamic extremist group’s operation in the outskirts of the capital. Security Minister Clement Sawadogo says four members of the security forces and two civilians were also wounded...

A majority of Burundi’s voters agreed to amend the constitution in changes that could prolong the rule of President Pierre Nkurunziza until 2034, the country’s electoral commission announced Monday. More than 73 percent of 4.7 million voters in the May 17 referendum supported the constitutional amendments, with...

About two dozen African migrants were brought ashore in northeastern Brazil after being rescued at sea by fishermen, Brazilian authorities said Sunday. The government of Maranhao state said that 25 people from Senegal, Nigeria, Guinea, Sierra Leone and Cape Verde along with two Brazilians landed Saturday. The boat...

The U.N. says more than 200 children have been released by armed groups in civil war-torn South Sudan. U.N. deputy spokesman Farhan Haq told reporters Friday that a release ceremony was the third this year, bringing the total number of children released so far this year to 806. Haq said “additional releases are...

Burundi’s president joined long lines of voters Thursday in a referendum that could extend his rule until 2034, despite widespread opposition and fears that the country’s years of deadly political turmoil will continue. “I thank all Burundians who woke up early in the morning to do this noble patriotic gesture,”...

A survivor, families of the disappeared and human rights organizations are seeking the extradition and prosecution in Ghana of Gambia’s former leader Yahya Jammeh for alleged direct involvement in the killing of more than 50 West African migrants in 2005. Human Rights Watch and TRIAL International on Wednesday...

A Swedish doctor who had been imprisoned in his native Ethiopia on charges of corruption and terrorism has been freed. Fikru Maru told Swedish broadcaster SVT on Tuesday that “it’s great to be out in the fresh air.” State-owned media last week reported that Ethiopia had dropped the charges. “I will come home to...

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir has ordered a major Cabinet reshuffle, including seven ministers of state and eight regional governors. In filling the most important posts, Bashir named Ibrahim Mahmoud Hamid as interior minister, Al-Dirdiri Mohamed Ahmed as foreign minister and Mohamed Ahmed Salim as justice...