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South Sudanese leaders attend spiritual retreat at Vatican City
President Salva Kiir and vice president Riek Machar attend retreat hosted by Pope Francis
South Sudanese leaders visit the headquarters of the Catholic Church for a spiritual retreat after a devastating civil war.
A month after the Ethiopian Airlines flight went down, a father honours the memory of the five members of his family who died on it.
Zambians affected by pollution on the copper belt win the right to be heard in the UK.
(Photo: Pope Francis met President Kiir in March ahead of the retreat. Credit: EPA)
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