The interview : Prof. Robert Dussey, Minister of Foreign Affairs – Togo

Prof. Robert Dussey, Togo’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, invites us to give an interview on the sidelines of the West African regional conference. He talks about the importance of the diaspora in Africa’s development.

The Interview : Amb. Abdoulaye Diop, Minister of Foreign Affairs – Mali

This edition of the interview features Abdoulaye Diop, Mali’s Minister of Foreign Affairs. On the sidelines of the West African regional conference held in Mali as a prelude to the 9th Lomé Congress, he talks about the role of the diaspora in uniting the continent.

The Interview: Karamoko Jean-Marie Minister of Foreign Affairs – Burkina Faso

In this new edition of the interview, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Burkina Faso, Mr Karamoko Jean-Marie, shares with us his vision of pan-Africanism and the contribution of the diaspora and Afro-descendants to the development of the continent.

The Interview : Dr Gervais Lagoke Gnaka, Chairman of the Scientific Committee of the 9th Pan-African Congress

African states are resolutely committed to working towards African renaissance. The need to build the memory and historical consciousness of Africa and the African diaspora could be one of the pillars of the renaissance. How can strategies be federated to meet the challenge of the African renaissance? And what significant role can the African diaspora and Afro-descendants play in the emergence of Africa? The Chairman of the Scientific Committee of the 9th Pan-African Congress in Lomé provides some answers in this new edition of the interview.