AMNESTY International has called on French and African leaders who meet for a summit this week in Yaounde, Cameroon, to make a joint public commitment to end torture and ill-treatment in custody. The London-based rights group said the torture of detainees by government agents persists with impunity in the majority of countries represented at the summit: “These human rights violations are occurring in France as well as in Burundi, Kenya, Cameroon and Guinea. – AFP