The world also said goodbye to U.S. Rep. John Lewis, a lion of the civil rights movement who died in July. Other former political figures who died this year include Egypt...

The abuses that followed drew international condemnation and led Burundi to leave the International Criminal Court and kick out the U.N. human rights office. The U.N. com...

Nearly 500 Burundian refugees living in Rwanda began their journey back to their home country Thursday, the first group to return from Rwanda after five years in exile fo...