Country Quote by Omar Bongo

Although we live in a safe and stable country, Central Africa as a region has been held back by seemingly perpetual conflict - over…

— Ali Bongo Ondimba

For every African state, like Ghana, where democratic institutions seem secure, there is a Mali, a Cote d'Ivoire, and a Zimbabwe, where democracy is…

— Michael Ignatieff

Botswana is actually very peaceful. It's democratic. It never was in debt. They've been fortunate, they've had diamonds.

— Alexander McCall Smith

[Africa] is a continent of many countries, not one country. If we are down to three or four conflicts, it means that there are…

— Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

Majority of the African countries are now enjoying stable governance. Before you talk about economic growth, political stability is key.

— Goodluck Jonathan

Africa has been going through so much for so many years; it's time that it stands up the way other nations are standing up.

— Nas

Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa. If Nigeria succeeds at democratic governance it will be an anchor for all of West Africa.…

— Ed Royce

Ethiopia is a major contributor to peace and security in Africa, the U.S.'s ally in the fight against violent extremists, and has shown incredible…

— Tom Malinowski

Well, Nigeria has played a constructive role in peacekeeping in various parts of West Africa. But unless and until Nigeria itself is democratic and…

— Susan Rice

As Ethiopia goes, so goes the whole Horn of Africa - a region where instability can have major security and humanitarian implications for the…

— Eskinder Nega

The independence of Ghana is meaningless unless it is linked-up with the total liberation of the African Continent

— Kwame Nkrumah

Africa is not a country, but it is a continent like none other. It has that which is elegantly vast or awfully little.

— Douglas Wilder