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Prince Harry played sitting volleyball with Nigerian army veterans, most of them wounded in the war against the country’s Islamic insurgency. During a three-day visit to Nigeria to promote its Invictus Games, the Duke of Sussex and wife Meghan visited a school for an event on mental health. In an officers’ mess in Abuja, Harry’s yellow-clad team played against a team led by Nigeria’s chief of defense staff, the country’s top commander. ‘Team Harry’ lost 25-21 to the commander’s team, Team CDS. In the Duke’s team was former Nigerian soldier Peacemaker Azuegbulam, who lost a leg in combat in the north-east, and became the first African to win gold at the Invictus Games in Germany last year. “It’s an honor for Nigeria and for Africa to have Prince Harry here,” he told AFP before the match.

Before Nigeria, Prince Harry was in London on Wednesday to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the games. As with all of his trips to the UK since moving to the US in 2020, his visit sparked renewed speculation about a reconciliation with his family. But he did not meet his father, King Charles. Harry founded Invictus in 2014. The games have since grown, promoting rehabilitation through sport. Yesterday he traveled without his wife to Kaduna, in northwestern Nigeria, to visit a military hospital and speak to troops wounded in combat. Tomorrow the couple will travel to Lagos, the economic capital of the country, to watch a basketball match and participate in a fundraiser.