Certainly, Africa accounts for only l % of world trade, and we cannot assure our development on our own.
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.
It is important to stress: Africa is also a victim of the September 11 attacks.
The introduction of political pluralism often quickly led to bad results.
Economic sanctions rarely achieve the desired results.
But it is important to observe that when Europe or the United Nations impose sanctions that are supposed to be aimed against a certain regime, usually generally millions of people end up being directly punished.