Bata, Equatorial Guinea, May 1, 2026 (AFP) - Fresh paint, careful choreography as pope visits African prison

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The walls around Equatorial Guinea's notorious Bata prison were freshly painted salmon-pink for Pope Leo XIV's visit last week, but inside there was no masking the acrid smell of sweat and urine. Shouting "freedom" in the pouring tropical rain, hundreds of inmates jumped in unison in the courtyard of the prison as they greeted the leader of the world's 1.4 billion Catholics. Dressed in bright orange or khaki-green uniforms, around 600 inmates lin......

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