I do not want to be cynical, but if developing nations are kept backward by being told, again and again, you belong to the poor and you are there, where you actually belong, then nothing will change.

There are some who are scared by unity and by building a country on the basis of ideas.

National security is vital for economic and social progress.

My own experience from a decade ago taught me I cannot trust the UN. But it is a world body and we have to live with it and tolerate it. But I can't hide my feelings about its inefficiency and its not being productive.

In Africa today, we recognise that trade and investment, and not aid, are pillars of development.

We've used aid to build capacities so we won't need aid in future.

Politics is not only about personal choice. That one also needs to take into consideration what the people want because in the end, they are the ones who decide.