If the Soviet Union and the United States have not experienced direct military confrontations, on the other hand, they supported, armed and trained Africans, to fight other Africans.
I am in favor of complete freedom of information and of free access to the new communication tools, in particular the Internet.
Economic sanctions rarely achieve the desired results.
It is up to African leaders to show their will and political courage in order to assure that this new pan-African institution becomes an efficient instrument and not a place for endless discussions.
It is not right to associate the fight against international terrorist networks with an imaginary crusade against Islam.
The birth of the African Union should encourage us to reexamine relations between African States.
I'm not aiming for the Nobel Peace Prize!
I am in favor of complete freedom of information and of free access to the new communication tools, in particular the Internet.
When they favor the access of other people to education and health care, the countries of the North not only demonstrate generosity or solidarity, but also implement the principles of respecting and promoting human rights.
The world is now aware that the most unavoidable and most dangerous weapon that exists is the blind decisiveness of a man ready to sacrifice his life for an obscure cause.
Information on the Internet must be as free as in the newspapers.
Instead of ideological objectives of a political nature, today we are faced with ideological objectives of economic nature.
It is not right to associate the fight against international terrorist networks with an imaginary crusade against Islam.
For about ten years now, the struggle for democracy and the respect of human rights has been in the focus point - if not a commodity - of political groups aiming to rise to power.
Globalization, far from putting an end to power diplomacy between States, has, on the contrary, intensified it.
It is up to African leaders to show their will and political courage in order to assure that this new pan-African institution becomes an efficient instrument and not a place for endless discussions.
The world is now aware that the most unavoidable and most dangerous weapon that exists is the blind decisiveness of a man ready to sacrifice his life for an obscure cause.
Therefore, every country has to understand that fighting against international terrorism is not for the sake of the United States, but for the sake of themselves, and, to a larger extent, in the name of stability of international relations.
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.
It is important to stress: Africa is also a victim of the September 11 attacks.