MAPUTO: Pope Francis, ending his visit to Mozambique, on Friday scolded political and business leaders in the resource-rich but poor East African country who allow themselves to be corrupted by outsiders.
At the AIDS hospital, the pope saw a cross made of wood and shards of metal from the collapsed roof of the home of an elderly woman. Criminal and civil court cases related to the scandal and spanning three continents have ensnared international investment bank Credit Suisse which helped arrange the loans, three of its former bankers, a former finance minister and the former Mozambique president's son.
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