"In short, we have, among African countries, a duty of solidarity."

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"In short, we have, among African countries, a duty of solidarity."

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

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"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."

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"The introduction of political pluralism often quickly led to bad results."

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"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."

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

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"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."

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"From the time of independences until the end of the Cold War, in spite of the participation of a considerable number of African states in the non-aligned movement, everyone in fact chose to align with one or another of the two major blocks."

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"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."

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"The shock caused by the September 11 events has also lead to a thorough reflection on the existing disparity between rich and poor countries, on the misery of populations of the South."

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"All through the night, like the tumult of a river when it races between the cliffs of a canyon, in my sleep I could hear the steady roar of the passing army."

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