Because the world is in economic recession, which worsened since this drama happened, and our country will bear the burden of all of these consequences.
Instead of ideological objectives of a political nature, today we are faced with ideological objectives of economic nature.
The birth of the African Union should encourage us to reexamine relations between African States.
I'm not aiming for the Nobel Peace Prize!
In short, we have, among African countries, a duty of solidarity.
In brief, Western democracy, as other political models, is not exportable to all regions of the world.
Information on the Internet must be as free as in the newspapers.
The resources of our continent attract, more than ever, the interests of rich countries.
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.
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 principle of responsibility and collective sanctions is incompatible with the Western concept of justice.
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.
Economic sanctions rarely achieve the desired results.
