Africa: All of Africa Today – April 23, 2026

Pope Leo XIV Urges Justice and Freedom in Equatorial Guinea

Pope Leo XIV continued his African tour with a Mass in Equatorial Guinea. He addressed a Mass that drew some 100,000 people, including Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, the country’s leader and the world’s long-serving president. Leo, who is on an 11-day tour of Africa, greeted the crowd and the presidential family before the religious service. Leo urged citizens to work together to build a society “capable of engendering a new sense of…