Pope Leo blasted leaders ​who spend billions on ‌wars and said the world was “being ravaged by ​a handful of ​tyrants”, in unusually forceful remarks ⁠in Cameroon on ​Thursday after US President ​Donald Trump attacked him again on social media.

Leo, the first ​US pope, also ​decried leaders who used religious ‌language ⁠to justify wars and urged a “decisive change of course” in a ​meeting in ​the ⁠biggest city in Cameroon’s English-speaking ​regions, where a simmering ​conflict ⁠going back nearly a decade has left ⁠thousands ​dead.

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Sarah ​Mullally, said on Thursday that she ‌stood with Pope Leo in his “courageous call for a kingdom of peace”, urging 85 million Anglicans worldwide to join ​the pontiff in speaking out for ​peace and justice.

The comments from Mullally, the first ⁠woman to lead the Church of England, ​come after repeated attacks on the pope by US President Donald ​Trump.

“I stand with my brother in Christ, His Holiness Pope XIV, in his courageous call for a kingdom ​of peace,” Mullally, also the spiritual head of ​the worldwide Anglican Communion, said in a statement.

“It is the ‌calling ⁠of every Christian – and of all people of faith and goodwill – to work and pray for peace. We must also urge all those ​entrusted with ​political authority ⁠to pursue every possible peaceful and just means of resolving conflict.”

Earlier ​on Thursday, the pope, in Cameroon ​as ⁠part of a visit to four countries in Africa, blasted leaders who spend billions on wars and ⁠said ​the world was “being ravaged by ​a handful of tyrants”.