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What you need to know: Bishop Wamika has been battling prostate cancer and other age-related complications. Busoga Sub-region is mourning the death of the Rt Rev Charles Martin Wamika, the first African Bishop of Jinja Diocese, who passed away yesterday at Rubaga Hospital at around 4pm. The Rev Fr Gerald Muto, the Jinja diocesan chancellor, said Bishop Wamika, who had been battling prostate cancer and other age-related complications, had been in critical condition for several weeks.

Following the death of Pope Francis, cardinals will soon gather to elect the person who will lead 1.3 billion baptised Roman Catholics that dot the globe. The College of Cardinals, charged with electing the new Pope, among others, will assemble in Rome in the next fortnight to choose Pope Francis’s successor. There are more than 250 cardinals from more than 90 countries, but only 135 are cardinal electors.