Analysts don’t believe that an end to the violence will be enough to revive the economy, especially if Pierre Nkurunziza is re-elected as president.

Paved roads, electricity, running water: Barack Obama’s ancestral home has seen much change, and residents are preparing to watch the polls.

African leaders joined other foreign dignitaries in paying homage to Ethiopia’s longtime prime minister Meles Zenawi ahead of Sunday’s state funeral.