(ANSA) - KINSHASA, JAN 31 - "Hands off the Democratic Republic of Congo, hands off Africa! Stop suffocating Africa: it is not a mine to be exploited or land to be plundered".
This is the strong appeal of the Pope from Kinshasa.
"It is tragic that these places, and more generally the African continent, still suffer various forms of exploitation. After the political one, in fact, an 'economic colonialism' has been unleashed, equally enslaving. Thus this country, widely plundered, is unable to benefit sufficiently from the its immense resources: it has come to the paradox that the fruits of its land make it 'foreign' to its inhabitants. The poison of greed has made its blood diamonds".
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