Certainly, Africa accounts for only l % of world trade, and we cannot assure our development on our own.

The principle of responsibility and collective sanctions is incompatible with the Western concept of justice.

The birth of the African Union should encourage us to reexamine relations between African States.

But the Western countries that link their partnership with the poorest countries with respect for democracy also have to consider that they have obligations towards these countries.

The free market economy is supposed to be the only path leading to the happiness of humanity by promoting wealth and prosperity, power and influence of nations.

The introduction of political pluralism often quickly led to bad results.

From the time of independences until the end of the Cold War, in spite of the participation of a considerable number of African states in the non-aligned movement, everyone in fact chose to align with one or another of the two major blocks.