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The French President Nicolas Sarkozy opened a new military bases for France in the United Arab Emirates in the Gulf region. This is the first base for France in that region, in a signal for its imperialist intentions as a country looking for domination and more exploitation through military means.

USA and the UK also have several bases in that region with tens of thousands of troops spread across the region in Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, Oman and United Arab Emirates. This huge military presence has one and only one goal: control over those oil rich countries and guaranteeing the easy and cheap reach for their resources.

WFDY condemns this new move by France, and asks for the withdrawal of all foreign troops from the countries of the Gulf and the dismantling of all imperialist military in the world.

WFDY believes in world peace, where the people determine their destiny and have their basic rights without the interventions of foreign troops and the implications of the policies of the imperialist countries. The resources of the region should be controlled by its people, and its benefits should be used for the development of those countries, for their education and health systems, and not to fund the military industries of USA, UK, France and other countries.

WFDY expresses its solidarity with the people of the region and calls for the continuation of the struggle for a peaceful democratic Gulf region free of military bases and foreign troops.

The World Federation of Democratic Youth would like to congratulate the African people on the occasion of the Africa day on Monday 25, 2009. On Monday people across the continent celebrate the 46th anniversary of the African Union, the then Organization of African Unity formed mainly to liberate the continent from colonization.

We would not forget to applaud the leaders of the then Organization of African Union who lead the struggles, fought and suffered to ensure that Africa becomes sovereign continent.

We applaud the leadership of the African continent for realizing the need for the involvement of youth as seen by the formation of The African Youth Charter that enables youth empowerment, provision of educational skills for development poverty eradication and economic emancipation among other needs. The challenge now for the current Heads of state of African Nations and the African peoples is to continue with the struggle of economically empowering the young generations, resisting and fighting all forms of imperialism.

We stand in solidarity towards and support of the people and youth of Western Sahara in their struggle for the establishment of a free and independent state. We salute the youth and people of Malawi and South Africa for successfully holding their elections and the will of the people was peacefully respected without interventions from the imperialists who normally intervene to determine the result of the elections. We will continually stand behind the people of Zimbabwe in their struggle to economically empower themselves through the land reform program which must be irreversible. The reform provides a means of production for the indigenous people to fully control their own economy, against imperialistic sanctions and interventions. We have witnessed with great concern how our brothers and our sisters in the Democratic republic of Congo, Rwanda, Burundi, Ivory Coast and Benin have wrestled with internal conflicts and war, promoted by the imperialist interest to divide the peoples of Africa. We also highlight the need to provide relevant institutional and political support for the attainment of peace and development in Somalia, Ethiopia and Eritrea and call for the African Union and the peoples and youth of Africa to resist and denounce the creation of the U.S Military base in Africa (AFRICOM).

WFDY therefore calls upon our African brothers and sisters to continually denounce all imperialistic tactics and ensure that the gains of the political struggles are non-reversible.

We wish all the African youth a strong commemoration of the Africa Day and the struggle against imperialism continues.