John Paul II trips to Africa, Morocco, Nigeria, Uganda, Ivory Coast, Cote d'Ivory, Sudan Benin, Mali, Cape Verde, Guinea, Guinea Bessau, Senegal, Burkina Fasso, Chad, Ghana, Gabon, Gambia

John Paul II
Africa Trips Gallery
1980, 1982, 1985, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2000

1- Western Africa:

    Morocco, Aug. 1985: An eleven-day tour across northern Africa.
    Nigeria, Equatorial Guinea, Feb. 1982, March 21, 1998: The Pope made a trip dedicated to visiting Nigeria in 1998, where he encouraged Nigerians to respect human rights. The pontiff had been in Nigeria 16 years earlier, on a weeklong trip that included Benin, Gabon and Equatorial Guinea
    Uganda, Sudan Benin, Feb. 1993: For a week.
    Mali, Cape Verde, Guinea Bissau, Burkina Faso, Chad, Jan. 1990: A weeklong trip.
   Cote d'Ivoire, Ivory Coast, May 1980, Aug. 1985, Sept. 1990: The pope visited Cote d'Ivoire, formerly the Ivory Coast, during three of his extensive tours of the African continent.
    Benin, Feb. 1982, Feb. 1993
    Guinea, Senegal, Gambia, Feb. 1992: A weeklong trip
    Ghana, Gabon, May 1980: The Pope visited Ghana during a tour of Africa including Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Ghana, Gabon and Cote d'Ivoire

2- Eastern Africa: Egypt, Uganda, Cameroon, Chad, Central African Republic

3-Southern Africa: South Africa, Kenya, Congo, Zaire, Rwanda, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Madagascar, Mozambique, Zambia, La Reunion, Malawi, Lesotho, Swaziland, Mauritius