Africa highlights: Friday 27 November 2015 as it happened

Summary

Pope Francis arrives in Uganda on the second leg of African trip
Pope calls Africa 'the continent of hope'
Pope addresses tribalism, corruption and radicalisation in Kenya
Pope hits out at 'unjust distribution of land'
Burundi official survives ambush
Email stories and comments to africalive@bbc.co.uk - Friday 27 November 2015

Live Reporting

Clare Spencer, Damian Zane and Hugo Williams

Excitement at Uganda's State Housepublished at 15:35
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Uganda welcomes the Popepublished at 15:14
A BBC producer travelling with Pope Francis has tweeted this short video of his arrival:
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Pope greeted on runway by dignitaries and young girlpublished at 14.46
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Wishes for the Pope's visit to Ugandapublished at 14:25
Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni has issued a YouTube message to welcome Pope Francis.
"May [his] visit deepen our love for each other... Welcome to Uganda His Holiness the Pope Francis."
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The Pope's theme tunepublished at 13.51
Ugandan parish Priest Father Michael Senfuma was selected to compose a song to welcome the Pope.
So he used the Pope's recent message to look after the environment as inspiration for his lyrics.
Have a listen:
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Kenyans on Twitter are saying farewell to the Popepublished at 12.25
The hashtag #KwaheriPope, external is trending in Kenya as Pope Francis gets ready to leave the country.
Kwaheri is Swahili for goodbye
Here are a few of the messages:
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Uganda ready for Popepublished at 12.17
The plane is ready and waiting for the Pope to leave Kenyan and fly to Uganda.
But as this tweeter says they've been ready for some time in Uganda:
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'Faces of joy' for Pope in Kenyapublished at 12:15
The BBC's Anne Soy reports following Pope Francis' speech in Nairobi's Kasarani stadium earlier today:
Getting ready to say goodbyepublished at 11:42 Greenwich Mean Time 27 November 2015
A Kenyan newspaper has been tweeting pictures of the preparations at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi, as Kenyans get ready to say goodbye to Pope Francis.
He's due to leave in the next hour and will be flying on to neighbouring Uganda.
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Could the Pope change things for sexual minorities in Uganda?published at 10.58
As the Pope gets ready to leave Kenya and go to Uganda this afternoon, there is some speculation about whether the Pope will say anything about criminalising homosexuality.
But even if he does speak against ostracising sexual minorities, activist Cleo Kambugu told BBC Newsday that it may not make a difference in Uganda.
"He has some clout.
"When he says something about something everyone will want to say something similar to that.
"But it could mean nothing because he is a foreigner.
"The sexual minority struggle has been turned into an imperialistic struggle of western versus African."
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Activist Cleo Kambugu talks about what it was like growing up transsexual in Uganda
Pope exits to brass bandpublished at 10:03
A BBC producer tweets from Kasarani stadium where Pope Francis has been speaking to an audience of young Kenyans:
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Kenyans react to Pope's commentspublished at 10:00
#Kasarani is trending on Twitter in Kenya as people react to Pope Francis' comments on tribalism, corruption and radicalisation made at Nairobi's Kasarani stadium:
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One tweeter wonders if the politicians are listening:
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Where will the Pope be in Uganda?published at 09:27
Pope Francis will be leaving Kenya in three hours and heading to Uganda.
The BBC's Alan Kasujja has been to the shrine at Namugongo where the Pope will be heading on Saturday:
The Pope's key messagespublished at 09.20
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It's been a busy morning for the Pope in Kenya.
He's already given two speeches which had both a religious and political message.
Here are four stand-out points:
- He spoke against "private developers" grabbing land in poor communities
- He spoke out against tribalism
- He delivered an anti-corruption message and urged people not to accept bribes
- He said to avoid radicalisation young people need jobs
Pope ends stadium speechpublished at 09:13
The Pope has finished his speech to young Kenyans in which he addressed tribalism, corruption and radicalisation.
A BBC producer in the stadium tweets:
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Pope: 'defend the family'published at 09:06
BBC producer in the stadium tweets:
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Pope says employment is answer to radicalisationpublished at 08:53
Speaking to young people in a stadium in Kenya's capital, Nairobi, the Pope has addressed concerns over radicalisation:
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What can we do to stop young people being recruited in radicalisation? To answer this, we have to ask, why do young people who are full of ideals allow themselves to be radicalised in this way. They leave their family friends, they leave their tribe, they leave their country, they leave their lives behind in order to learn to kill.
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If a young woman or man has no work, can not study, what can he or she do? The first thing we have to do to stop a young person to be recruited is education and work.
Who is listening to Pope's anti-corruption message?published at 08:52
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Crowd reaction to Pope's corruption commentspublished at 08:43
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Pope's anecdote against corruptionpublished at 08:42
The Pope has just been sharing this anecdote which he says is a true story from his home town:
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A man died and we all knew that he was corrupt. I asked a few days afterwards 'how did the funeral go?' and a lady with a great sense of humour answered: 'They couldn't close the coffin properly because he wanted to put inside the coffin all the money he’d robbed'.