Pope Francis arrives in South Sudan
It is the second leg of his latest visit to the continent.
Thousands have lined the streets in South Sudan’s capital, Juba, to welcome Pope Francis and two other key figures in the Christian church.
A Kenyan court has sentenced to death the former policeman who killed a prominent human rights lawyer, Willie Kimani, in 2016.
We hear about the latest episode of The Comb podcast, which features the struggles of a new mother from Kenya.
And gyrating in some Zambian churches has caught the attention of Olushambles in this week’s Resident Presidents.
(Credit: Simon Maina/AFP via Getty Images).
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