Rwanda

The current president of Italy's chamber of deputies, Laura Boldrini, knows a lot about refugees. Before she took over her latest public office during Italian Prime Minister Mateo Renzi's term in 2013, she was the spokesperson for the U.N.'s High Commissioner for Refugees and dealt with the crisis of refugees and migrants flooding her country.

By Tina Mandilara

Tree by tree, more than a dozen African governments pledged to restore the continent's natural forests at the United Nations climate talks on Dec. 5.

The family of a US citizen who was killed during a raid by Israeli troops in 2010 on a Gaza-bound  flotilla are suing former Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak, claiming unlawful death and torture.

The president of Burkina Faso was back in charge on Sept.23 and said he would resume overseeing a transition to democracy, ending a coup by presidential guard soldiers who took him hostage last week. 

The Center for Technology Innovation at Brookings has launched the 2015 Brookings Financial and Digital Inclusion Project (FDIP) Report and Scorecard, which evaluates access to and usage of affordable financial services across 21 countries. According to Brookings? FDIP analysis, Turkey ranked sixth among the countries for its financial inclusion efforts. 

Nearly 10,000 Burundians fled the country over the weekend before Burundi closed its borders ahead of controversial and violence-wracked elections in the troubled central African nation, the United Nations said on June 30.

Facebook announced June 30 it had opened its first African office in Johannesburg as part of its efforts "to help people and businesses connect" on the continent.

Rwandan spy chief Karenzi Karake arrived for a court hearing in London on June 25 after President Paul Kagame slammed his arrest on a Spanish-issued warrant as "absolute arrogance and contempt".

Efraim Zuroff, one of the best known Nazi hunters, says it is "absurd" to compare the Holocaust and the Rwanda genocide with the crimes committed in Srebrenica.