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

We do not control the trade of our resources, which are an important factor of prosperity for the dominant nations.

I am in favor of complete freedom of information and of free access to the new communication tools, in particular the Internet.

The most powerful State in the world, which up to now was relatively protected from terrorist violence, is no longer an inviolable sanctuary.

Globalization, far from putting an end to power diplomacy between States, has, on the contrary, intensified it.

In spite of our poverty and our economic dependence, we do not have to give in, neither because we are sometimes abandoned nor because of the wish of some nations to impose their economic or political models.

My actions to promote peace, the mediation missions which I carried out during many conflicts, which very often occurred between brothers of the same country, are not driven by any ulterior motives or any calculations based on personal ambitions.