During his visit, Pope Leo XIV appealed to Equatorial Guinea to place itself in the service of law and justice. The Vatican’s address came while the country, which is noted for its authoritarianism, faces accusations of human rights abuses.

Pope Leo XIV on Tuesday urged Equatorial Guinea to place itself "in the service of law and justice", on the first day of his visit to the authoritarian country, which is one of the most closed-off states in Africa and regularly accused of human rights abuses. FRANCE 24's Seema Gupta reports from Rome.