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1. Senegal cuts official travel as high oil prices put new pressure on budget

   Speaking at a youth event in Mbour, Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko said he had had to cancel his own planned trips to Niger, Spain and France

2. Pope Leo XIV carries cross through all 14 stations at Rome’s Colosseum

   Italy witnessed a rare and highly symbolic Good Friday ceremony on 3 April as Pope Leo XIV carried a wooden cross through all 14 stations of the Way of the Cross at Rome’s Colosseum, the first time in decades that a pope has performed the full rite in person.

3. Cameroon opposition slams plan to create vice president post as 'coup'

   If approved, the vice president would take over in the event of the president's death, resignation or incapacity with no obligation to hold elections

4. Russian and Egyptian FMs hold talks in Moscow

   Both Russia and Egypt support “an immediate cessation of hostilities and a return to the political and diplomatic process,” Lavrov said after the talks

5. South Sudanese Christians hold Good Friday march for peace

   Thousands of people joined a march for peace on Good Friday in South Sudan, where intensifying fighting between government and opposition forces is stoking fears of a return to all-out civil war