At a handover ceremony celebrated on Wednesday, June 11, 2025, the Bakau Women Horticulture Garden in the Kanifing Municipality of The Gambia received a newly constructed 10-store market and a cold storage facility donated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Elder Alfred Kyungu, President of the Africa West Area of the Church, cut the ribbon to officially hand over the facility.

Elder Isaac K. Morrison of the Seventy and Second Counselor in the Africa West Area Presidency, represented the Church at the donation and handover ceremony.

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Elder Ronald A. Rasband of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints dedicated the Abidjan Ivory Coast Temple — the country’s first house of the Lord — in one session on Sunday, May 25, 2025, 10 years after it was announced in 2015.

Groundbreaking Ceremony Held for the Benin City Nigeria Temple

Church leaders created Family Services to be a resource for local leaders responding to the social and emotional needs of members.

An event seven years in the making, the groundbreaking ceremony for the Lagos Nigeria Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on 10 May 2025 was an occasion for great celebration.

An open house is underway for the recently completed Abidjan Côte d'Ivoire Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.