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Pope Leo XIV Slams Exploitation of Africa During Cameroon Visit

Pope Leo XIV has criticised foreigners who exploit the wealth of Africa for profit during his visit to a conflict-hit region of Cameroon.

Speaking in Bamenda, at the heart of the country's long-running Anglophone separatist conflict. He urged the government of Cameroon to root out corruption for peace to prevail. He said that internal problems were exacerbated by outsiders who, in the name of profit, continue to lay their hands on the African continent to exploit and plunder it.

The Pope's first stop was at a peace meeting in Bamenda held at Saint Joseph's Cathedral about the nearly 10-year insurgency in Cameroon's two English-speaking regions that has left at least 6,000 people dead and many more forced from their homes. Cameroon, which was divided between the French and the British after the end of World War I, possesses major oil, natural gas, bauxite, cobalt, iron ore, gold, and diamond reserves.

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