The Catholic pontiff, Pope
Francis has noted that European countries are exploiting Nigeria and other
African nations, calling on Europe to invest in ways that benefit the continent
more, including sharing mineral resources more equitably.
Speaking with Reuters in a
wide-ranging interview, the Holy Father said, “We must invest in Africa, but
invest in an orderly way and create employment, not go there to exploit it.”
Explaining how European countries
are exploiting Africa, he said, “When a country grants independence to an
African country it is from the ground up – but the subsoil is not independent.
And then people (outside Africa) complain about hungry Africans coming here.
There are injustices there!”
Touching on the reasons for
hunger in Africa, the Pope said that, “In our collective unconscious there is
something inside us that says Africa must be exploited.”
The pope said Europe needed to
focus on education and investment in Africa if it wanted to stem the flow of
migrants, which is also an increasingly divisive issue in Italy, where the new
governing coalition is taking a hard line.
“And there’s a problem,” he
disclosed, adding that, “We send people back to those who have sent them here.
They end up in the jails of traffickers”.
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