Celebrating Success: Africa’s voice over 50 years 1963 - 2013 Celebrating Success: Africa’s voice over 50 years 1963-2013 Contents Preface ...............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................vii Part I: 1963 Statements ......................................................................................................................................................................................ix His Imperial Majesty Haile Selassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia .................................................................................................................................................................1 His Excellency Ahmed Ben Bella, Prime Minister of Algeria ..............................................................................................................................................................7 His Majesty Mwami Nwambutsa IV, King of Burundi .............................................................................................................................................................................9 His Excellency Ahmadou Ahidjo, President of the Federal Republic of Cameroon ....................................................................................................... 11 His Excellency David Dacko, President of the Central African Republic ................................................................................................................................. 16 His Excellency François Tombalbaye, President of the Republic of Chad ............................................................................................................................ 19 His Excellency Fulbert Youlou, President of Congo (Brazzaville) .................................................................................................................................................. 21 His Excellency Joseph Kasa-Vubu, President of the Republic of Congo (Leopoldville) ................................................................................................. 26 His Excellency Hubert Maga, President of the Republic of Dahomey ..................................................................................................................................... 29 His Excellency Leon Mba, President of the Republic of Gabon .................................................................................................................................................... 32 His Excellency Kwame N’krumah, President of the Republic of Ghana .................................................................................................................................. 34 His Excellency Sekou Toure, President of the Republic of Guinea .............................................................................................................................................. 42 His Excellency Houphouet – Boigny, President of the Republic of Ivory Coast ................................................................................................................. 49 His Excellency William V. S. Tubman, President of the Republic of Liberia ............................................................................................................................ 56 His Royal Highness Hasan Rida, Crown Prince, Representing His Majesty King Idris I and Head of the Libyan Delegation .................. 58 His Excellency Philibert Tsiranana, President of the Malagasy Republic ................................................................................................................................. 61 His Excellency Modibo Keita, President of Mali ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 69 ii Celebrating Success: Africa’s voice over 50 years (1963-2013) Contents His Excellency Moktar Ould Daddah, President of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania ................................................................................................. 73 His Excellency Hamani Diori, President of the Republic of the Niger ....................................................................................................................................... 76 His Excellency Alhaji Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, Prime Minister of the Federation of Nigeria .................................................................................. 79 His Excellency Habemeushi, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Rwanda, Representing His Excellency Gregoire Kayibanda, President of Rwanda ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 83 His Excellency Leopold Sedar Senghor, President of the Republic of Senegal .................................................................................................................. 85 His Excellency Milton Margai, Prime Minister of Sierra Leone ....................................................................................................................................................... 89 His Excellency Aden Abdulla Osman, President of the Somali Republic ............................................................................................................................... 90 His Excellency Tsehafi Tezaz Aklilou Habte-Wold, Prime Minister of Ethiopia ..................................................................................................................... 95 His Excellency El-Fariki Ibrahim Abboud, President of the Supreme Council and Prime Minister of the Republic of the Sudan....... 97 His Excellency Julius Nyerere, President of the Republic of Tanganyika ...............................................................................................................................100 His Excellency Habib Bourguiba, President of the Republic of Tunisia ..................................................................................................................................103 His Excellency Milton Obote, Prime Minister of Uganda ................................................................................................................................................................107 His Excellency Gamal Abdel Nasser, President of the United Arab Republic ...................................................................................................................... 10 His Excellency Maurice Yameogo, President of the Republic of Upper Volta ....................................................................................................................116 Mr. Ajuma Oginga-Odinga, Representing the African National Liberation Movements in Non-Independent Territories ....................120 Closing Remarks by His Imperial Majesty Haile Selassie I ..............................................................................................................................................................123 Closing Remarks by His Excellency Milton Obote, .............................................................................................................................................................................124 Closing Remarks by His Excellency Kwame N’krumah, ...................................................................................................................................................................126 Celebrating Success: Africa’s voice over 50 years (1963-2013) iii Contents Part II: May 2013 Statements His Excellency Hailemariam Dessalegn, Prime Minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia and Chairperson of the African Union .................................................................................................................................................................................................................132 His Excellency Abdelaziz Bouteflika, President of the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria .........................................................................135 His Excellency José Eduardo dos Santos, President of the Republic of Angola ...............................................................................................................136 His Excellency Boni Yayi, President of the Republic of Benin .......................................................................................................................................................138 His Excellency Seretse Khama Ian Khama, President of the Republic of Botswana ......................................................................................................141 His Excellency Blaise Compaore, President of Burkina Faso .........................................................................................................................................................143 His Excellency Pierre Nkurunziza, President of the Republic of Burundi ..............................................................................................................................145 His Excellency Paul Biya, President of the Republic of Cameroon ...........................................................................................................................................147