Word: za
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...middle of the din at N'jili International Airport outside Kinshasa, the capital of Zaïre, was Pope John Paul II. Occasionally mopping his brow with a handkerchief in the tropical humidity, he greeted President Mobutu Sese Seko and other dignitaries, then boarded an open Mercedes for the 15-mile motorcade into Kinshasa...
...perhaps less Christian. But one could scarcely have discerned any political advantage in that from the joyous crowd of more than 1 million people packed along the entire route; their numbers and enthusiasm equaled the welcomes John Paul received in Mexico, Poland and the U.S. Many of the Zaïreans wore T shirts that depicted a brown-skinned Pontiff. On his way, the Pope repeated "Mvidi Mukulu" ("God bless you" in Za...
...beginning. The Pope had been asked to visit 30 African nations. In the end, though, only a visit to six of them seemed possible, and that involved a demanding 11,250-mile, eleven-day tour by plane, car, boat, helicopter and LandRover, which will take John Paul to Zaïre, Congo, Kenya, Ghana, Upper Volta and the Ivory Coast. The itinerary was confined to Africa's middle, south of the vast Sahara region, which is dominated by Islam, and well north of the agonizing problems of racist South Africa, in which the Roman Catholic Church in 1977 demanded...
Reeling. In some of the less developed nations, inflation has reached the point of absurdity. Rampant inflation in such Third World countries as Zaïre (more than 90%) and Argentina (more than 120%) has been fueled by years of economic mismanagement, corruption, and deficit spending financed by the uncontrolled growth of the money supply. The newest member of the triple-digit club is Israel, whose current 121.4% inflation rate has been caused largely by heavy defense spending, high oil prices, public works and costly social welfare programs...
...undoubtedly have to "roll over" or refinance some debts, just as many strapped households consolidate their old loans. David Rockefeller and Bank of America President A.W. Clausen also stress that the IMF will have to carry a heavier share of Third World borrowing, especially from the poorest countries like Zaïre. With some carefully formulated borrowing from the rich in order to lend to the poor, the world's financial system should withstand this severe test...