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Coronavirus rules stoke tension in Gabon churches

A Catholic woman prays in a church in Libreville, August 28, 2016. [AFP]

Church leaders in Gabon are engaged in a fierce tussle with the government as it prepares to re-open places of worship after months of coronavirus-induced closure, with restrictions deemed far too severe for poor families.

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