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...twelve-day journey took John Paul to Togo, the Ivory Coast, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Zaïre, Kenya and, this week, to a final stop in Muslim Morocco. As in two previous African journeys, in 1980 and 1982, the turnouts were exuberant, totaling more than 1 million in Zaïre alone. Says Cameroon's President Paul Biya, himself a Roman Catholic: "The Pope loves Africa, and Africa loves the Pope...
...Pope's moral stature and commanding presence give him an influence in Africa greater than other European or American visitors. Said Kwanteng Pius Javran, a 22-year-old student in western Cameroon: "We do not regard the Pope as a white man. He is an ordinary person sent to us black men." John Paul used his position to appeal for human rights and religious liberty. Though he had planned to downplay political issues on the trip, as violence spread in South Africa he repeated earlier denunciations of apartheid. In a speech to diplomats in Cameroon, the Pope then broadened...
...small part of most banks' operations--from 5% to 10% at HSBC, for example--but lending that is environmentally and socially sound can have a huge long-term impact. Underwriters such as Citigroup point to the World Bank--backed pipeline running from Chad's oil fields through Cameroon to the Atlantic. Extensive environmental-impact assessments were carried out before the work got the green light, and oil companies like ExxonMobil have provided compensation and health care to local people whose lives and livelihoods were disrupted. A trust fund designed to give all Chadians--not just a well-connected élite...
...then jumped to 792 in 2004. And although vaccinations resumed last summer, by then it was too late to put the genie back in the bottle. Cases of polio genetically consistent with the Nigerian strain had begun popping up, in succession, in more than 10 neighboring countries, including Chad, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Côte d'Ivoire and Sudan. Last November the same virus appeared in Saudi Arabia, two months before the hajj, when 2 million Muslims from around the world descended on Mecca and then returned to their home countries, perhaps carrying more than just their memories with them...
...project financing is a small part of most banks' operations - between 5% and 10% for HSBC, for example - but environmentally and socially sound lending can have a huge long-term impact. Underwriters such as Citigroup point to the World Bank-backed pipeline running from Chad's oil fields through Cameroon to the Atlantic. Extensive environmental impact assessments were carried out before work got the green light, and oil companies like ExxonMobil have provided compensation and health care to locals whose lives and livelihoods have been disrupted by the development. A trust fund, designed to give all Chadians - and not just...