the west and the relations between them. on that, they are would probably be little disagreement, but there are undoubtedly will be a fair musharraf s own contribution. pope francis historic visit to south sudan has come to an end. he urged people to reject the venom of hatred and pleaded with leaders to find peace. bbc africa correspondent merchuma has more. 0n on his last day before departing, he was just appreciative of the people of south sudan being welcoming to him sending o f south sudan for being welcoming to him, for coming out in large for coming out in large numbers to seek audience with him. there were about 100,000 people who came to thejohn garang mausoleum, where he is. 0n the last day, he made an appeal to the individual south sudanese people. while the previous day, he has been speaking to political and religious leaders, today he talked to the people and told them of the importance of each one of them making individual small steps, in whatever way they can, to hel
bbc africa correspondent merchuma has more. on his last day before departing, he was appreciative of the people of south sudan for being welcoming to him, for coming out in large numbers to seek audience with him. there were about 100,000 people who came to thejohn garang mausoleum, where he is. 0n the last day, he made an appeal to the individual south sudanese people. while the previous day, he has been speaking to political and religious leaders, today he talked to the people and told them of the importance of each one of them making individual small steps, in whatever way they can, to help their country be better, telling them as much as their political leadership is doing something else, each one of them has to be like salt, which he likened to the way it flavours food, telling them to just be the ones that flavour or bring peace in their own individual ways. maybe the people who will remember the visit the most will be those
pope francis is on an unprecedented pilgrimage of peace in the world s youngest country. on saturday evening, the pope will lead prayers at the mausoleum of south sudan s independence leader, john garang. 50,000 people are expected to attend. let s go tojuba now where we can speak to bbc africa correspondent merchuma. tell us what is happening today. good afternoon. it is a few minutes past noon and people will be meeting and pope francis and the other creators of the church will be holding a meeting. people were streaming into the mousa leeson from as early as 7am. pope francis today has met religious leaders and political leaders. he has had a very
can live in dignity. only with peace and stability and development can there be social integration. there is no room forfurther delay. bbc africa correspondent merchuma has the latest from thejohn garang mausoleum. an estimated 50,000 people are at thejohn garang mausoleum behind me. some of them were coming from 7am, coming and waiting to hear what the pope and other religious leaders have to say. there are messages of peace and reconciliation they want to pass to the people. it is very significant that these prayers are being held at a mausoleum named afterjohn garang who is a national hero who people in south sudan say they miss his wisdom and political acumen. it is a divided nation along ethnic lines. it isn t something
says he ll meet rivals who for years he shunned. but in spite of the fanfare and celebration here now, there s much scepticism about long term impact. aleem maqbool, bbc news, injuba. at a meeting with displaced people the pope has urged all parties in the conflict to work for peace. translation: i want to renew with all my strength a heartfelt appeal to stop conflict and renew the peace process in a serious way so that the violence can end and people can live in dignity. only with peace and stability and development can there be social integration. there is no room forfurther delay. bbc africa correspondent merchuma has the latest from thejohn garang mausoleum.