Quotes

'Now is the time for the Democratic Republic of Congo to do the right thing. Take your citizens back or lose the privilege of entering our country.' 

UK's Secretary of State for the Home Department, Shabana Mahmood, after imposingd visa restrictions on the Democratic Republic of Congo

 

'It presents the issue of strategic security. You (as a single African country) can remain a big fish in a small pond, but when trouble comes, you may not survive. The strategic security of Africa is very crucial.' 

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni after the US attacked Venezuela and arrested its President Nicolás Maduro

 

‘There have been reports for months, even for more than a year, of opaque and questionable management within the Pharmaceutical Regulatory Agency’. 

Dr Serigne Modou Babouhe, when Senegal’s health authorities came under pressure after expired raw materials were found at a factory producing baby nappies and sanitary towels 

 

'The recognition constitutes a violation of the Federal Republic of Somalia’s sovereignty and territorial integrity and a direct threat to peace in the Horn of Africa’. 

South Africa criticising Israel’s recent recognition of Somaliland