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Pope Francis will visit the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan next week, delivering a message of peace and reconciliation to two sub-Saharan African nations plagued by conflict. DR Congo is a traditionally Catholic nation of around 100 million people in central Africa, plagued by poverty despite its vast mineral wealth. Francis, the first pope to visit DR Congo since 1985, “could also deliver a message for the economic actors who benefit from these riches”, Pommeret said. At that event, Francis stunned the world by kissing the feet of the two men, both accused of responsibility for war crimes. After independence, South Sudan suffered a brutal five-year civil war between forces loyal to President Kiir or Machar, his deputy, that left nearly 400,000 people dead.
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