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☆ Shun ethnic rivalry and corruption, pope tells African youth
  + stars: | 2023-02-02 | by ( Philip Pullella Paul Lorgerie | Philip Pullella | Paul Lorgerie | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +4 min
Congo has some of the world's richest mineral deposits, but its abundant resources have stoked conflict between ethnic groups, militias, government troops and foreign invaders. He led the stadium in an impromptu chant of "no to corruption" in French, Congo's lingua franca. "The pope is right," said Joel Muhemereri Amani, 21, an art student. The United Nations says African economies lose nearly $150 billion to corruption each year. The 86-year-old pope, who arrived in Congo on Tuesday, flies to neighbouring South Sudan on Friday.
☆ 'Hands off Africa,' Pope Francis tells rich world
  + stars: | 2023-01-31 | by ( Philip Pullella Paul Lorgerie | Philip Pullella | Paul Lorgerie | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +6 min
"Hands off the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Stop choking Africa: it is not a mine to be stripped or a terrain to be plundered," Francis said. [1/9] Pope Francis sits next to Democratic Republic of Congo's President Felix Tshisekedi as he attends the welcoming ceremony at the Palais de la Nation on the first day of his apostolic journey, in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, January 31, 2023. The pope criticised rich countries for ignoring the tragedies unfolding in Congo and elsewhere in Africa. On Wednesday, Francis will celebrate Mass at a Kinshasa airport that is expected to draw more than a million people.
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