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

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

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.

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.

There is an idea of democracy produced by one-sided thinking.

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

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