KINSHASA (Reuters) -Pope Francis denounced the "poison of ... "Hands off the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Hands off Africa. Stop choking Africa: it is not a mine to be stripped or a terrain ...

Hands off Africa! Stop choking Africa, it is not a mine to be stripped or a terrain to be plundered," Pope Francis said to applause, referring to the rich resources that have brought so much ...

KINSHASA, Congo -- Pope Francis demanded Tuesday that foreign ... "Hands off the Democratic Republic of the Congo! Hands off Africa!" Francis said to applause in his opening speech to Congolese ...

“The pope is 86 years old but he came anyway ... “Hands off the Democratic Republic of the Congo! Hands off Africa!” Francis said to applause in his opening speech to Congolese government ...

Johan Viljoen, Director of the Denis Hurley Peace Institute of the Southern Africa Bishops’ Conference told Crux the pope’s call in the Democratic Republic of Congo for “hands off” Africa ...

Pope Francis condemns what he terms "economic colonialism" in Africa, on a visit to mineral-rich DR Congo. "Hands off Africa... It is not a mine to be stripped nor a terrain to be plundered," the ...