Bassirou Diomaye Faye, 44, is the youngest president in the country's history. In Gabon, the military in power are organizing a national dialogue.
A week before the commemorations of the genocide against the Tutsis in Rwanda, the NGO Human Rights Watch published its own archives from March 1993 to December 1994. In DR Congo, Judith Suminwa Tuluka, one of three women to hold a position in the previous government, was appointed as the new Prime Minister.