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 ...

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 ...

“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 authorities ...