Overview
- The pope landed in Yaoundé on Wednesday after Anglophone separatists declared a three-day pause to allow safe travel.
- He is set to meet President Paul Biya, whose eighth-term win drew protests, raising concern the encounter could burnish the ruler’s image.
- His schedule includes a peace meeting in Bamenda on Thursday and a Mass in Douala on Friday that the Vatican says could draw about 600,000 people.
- The Algeria leg saw twin suicide attacks in Blida on Monday, with AFP verifying videos and no confirmed deaths beyond the bombers.
- The trip continues as President Donald Trump attacks Leo over his criticism of the Iran war, a clash the pope says will not silence his call for peace and dialogue.