Pope Leo’s four-nation Africa tour endured a dramatic close, with the pontiff braving a heavy rainstorm to greet crowds in Equatorial Guinea after speaking at a prison where inmates cried out for freedom.
Widely derided as one of the most repressive countries in the region, Spanish-speaking Equatorial Guinea has been run since 1979 by President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, the world’s longest-serving president.