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Officials in Burkina Faso say more than a dozen gunmen opened fire in a village in the northern region Sunday, killing twenty-four people and wounding at least ten. Authorities say they believe a religious leader was the target of the attack in Pansy, Yagha province.

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo travels to Africa, where he has made stops in Senegal and Angola and will later travel to Ethiopia.

Foreign ministers and top government officials gather in Germany, in another effort to bring peace to Libya. The meeting of the international follow-up committee of the Berlin Conference on Libya, took place on the sidelines of Munich security conference, as Germany and the UN attempt to draft a plan for cutting off outside military aid for the warring parties.

U.S. funded charity is installing solar panels to provide electricity to the maternity wards of rural hospitals in Zimbabwe. The move should come as a relief to new and expecting mothers.

A54 Sport: The 7th NBA Africa luncheon was held in Chicago over the weekend and NBA commissioner Adam Silver spoke to reporters on the importance of African players in the league.

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