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African union: should we intervene militarily in a sovereign country?

By on April 6, 2011
The chairman of the African Union (AU), President of Equatorial Guinea, Teodoro Obiang Nguema, has condemned the foreign intervention in Ivory Coast and Libya.

He stated, in Geneva on Tuesday, during an international conference on the African continent, that the intervention will fatally raise significantly the loss of lifes in Ivory Coast. President Nguema explained that the African Union (AU) is exerting a «pressure” on the incumbent president, Laurent Gbagbo, in favor of Alassane Ouattara, recognized by the international community as president of the Ivory Coast; but that should not legitimate a foreign military intervention. The Pro-Ouattara fighters launched their offensive, on Tuesday at the last strongholds of incumbent president, after United Nations and French troops attacked and destroyed his heavy armament defensive means. President Obiang Nguema also rejected the foreign military intervention in Libya, where the authoritarian regime of Colonel Gaddafi has been targeted since February the 15th by a popular revolt that turned into a civil war between insurgents and forces loyal to the leader. He believes the problems in Libya must be resolved internally and not through a foreign military intervention, under the umbrella of humanitarian consideration. We still have the taste of the experience in Iraq, he added.

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