Africa highlights: Thursday 26 November 2015 as it happened

Summary

Pope Francis holds historic Mass in Kenya
Tens of thousands attend
Tells clergy the Church is 'not a business'
Says world needs 'prophets of peace'
Warns failure at climate change summit will be catastrophic
Email stories and comments to africalive@bbc.co.uk - Thursday 26 November 2015

Live Reporting

Farouk Chothia and Hugo Williams

Tight security at Catholic schoolpublished at 10:06 Greenwich Mean Time 26 November 2015
Clergymen are making their way to a Catholic school in Kenya's capital, Nairobi, where Pope Francis has his next public engagement.
East African news sites are tweeting about it:
This X post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser.View original content on X
The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.
Skip X post
Allow X content?
This article contains content provided by X. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read X’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’.
The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.
End of X post
This X post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser.View original content on X
The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.
Skip X post 2
Allow X content?
This article contains content provided by X. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read X’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’.
The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.
End of X post 2
Kenya's day of reflectionpublished at 09:20
On the Twitter account it has set up for the Pope's visit, Kenya's government has been commenting on the two-hour Mass the pontiff held in Nairobi this morning:
This X post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser.View original content on X
The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.
Skip X post
Allow X content?
This article contains content provided by X. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read X’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’.
The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.
End of X post
Pope's schedulepublished at 09:10
A Kenyan news site has published the Pope's itinerary for the day:
This X post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser.View original content on X
The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.
Skip X post
Allow X content?
This article contains content provided by X. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read X’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’.
The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.
End of X post
Video of Pope's Masspublished at 08:57 Greenwich Mean Time 26 November 2015
The Vatican has put up a video of Pope Francis' Mass this morning on its official Twitter feed. It's two hours long, but you can skip through to any section as the livestream is now over:
This X post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser.View original content on X
The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.
Skip X post
Allow X content?
This article contains content provided by X. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read X’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’.
The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.
End of X post
Pope dominates Kenyan headlinespublished at 08:33
Kenya's privately owned The Star newspaper has runs a full-page photo splash on the Pope's visit this morning:
This X post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser.View original content on X
The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.
Skip X post
Allow X content?
This article contains content provided by X. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read X’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’.
The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.
End of X post
Kenyan leader takes communionpublished at 08:24
Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta has received communion at the Mass Pope Francis is holding in Nairobi.
Local NBS Television has tweeted a photo of the moment:
This X post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser.View original content on X
The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.
Skip X post
Allow X content?
This article contains content provided by X. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read X’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’.
The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.
End of X post
Photos of interfaith dialoguepublished at 08:19 Greenwich Mean Time 26 November 2015
Photos are coming through from Pope Francis' interfaith meeting with religious leaders in Nairobi earlier this morning.
Speaking to Christian, Muslim and leaders of other faiths at the Vatican's diplomatic mission in Nairobi, Pope Francis explicitly referred to previous attacks by Islamist militant group al-Shabab:
"[Inter-religious dialogue] is not a luxury. It is not something extra or optional, but essential," he said, stressing that God's name "must never be used to justify hatred and violence."
This X post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser.View original content on X
The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.
Skip X post
Allow X content?
This article contains content provided by X. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read X’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’.
The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.
End of X post
Choir accompanies Papal masspublished at 08:17 Greenwich Mean Time 26 November 2015
Kenya's Daily Nation news website has posted video of the wonderful choir which has been singing throughout the Pope's Mass service this morning:
This X post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser.View original content on X
The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.
Skip X post
Allow X content?
This article contains content provided by X. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read X’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’.
The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.
End of X post
Crowds at Papal masspublished at 07:46 Greenwich Mean Time 26 November 2015
The official twitter account for the Pope's visit in Kenya, run by the Kenyan government, has been tweeting photos from the Mass service:
This X post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser.View original content on X
The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.
Skip X post
Allow X content?
This article contains content provided by X. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read X’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’.
The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.
End of X post
Popemobile on the streets of Nairobipublished at 07:23 Greenwich Mean Time 26 November 2015
Pope Francis gave crowds the full Popemobile spectacle this morning as he arrived for Mass at the University of Nairobi grounds in the specially designed open-air vehicle.
He traded in the Honda he used on his arrival in Kenya on Wednesday.
A private television station has tweeted some of the photos:
This X post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser.View original content on X
The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.
Skip X post
Allow X content?
This article contains content provided by X. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read X’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’.
The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.
End of X post