Africas Oil boom, the Poor and the Church: “Our oil is still, in most cases, the private reserve of the powers that be…Central, [West, East and North] Africa wallows in misery despite the growing discoveries of oil…Our involvement, as a church in Africa, with the issue of oil does not arise from meddling in issues reserved for State authorities. We are witnesses to the suffering of the people to whom we belong. Our prophetic mission impels us to launch a heartfelt appeal to all those who participate in oil exploitation in our region or who wield any political and economic power” Statement of the Catholic Bishops of Central Africa – (Association of Episcopal Conferences of the Central African Region), July 2002, issued in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea
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