Malian officials Friday said at least eight people had been killed and up to 10 hostages were being held, after militants stormed a hotel in the central town of Sévaré. US Special Envoy for the Great Lakes Region of Africa speaks to FRANCE 24 about mounting concern for Burundi's ongoing political and humanitarian crisis. And a new strategy against Malaria in the Central African Republic, Doctors Without Borders are working on a way to tackle the killer disease.

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