Pope Francis has said Europe’s exploitation of Africa is responsible for persistent hunger in the continent.
In an interview with Reuters, the Catholic head said “We must invest in Africa, but invest in an orderly way and create employment, not go there to exploit it.”
“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!”
The Pope continued, “In our collective unconscious there is something inside us that says Africa must be exploited.”
“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”.