Brussels, June 24: Senegal's President Abdoulaye Wade Wednesday criticised European Union (EU) policies towards Africa and said the continent was looking towards India and China for its economic needs, EuAsiaNews reported.
Addressing a press conference in Brussels Wednesday, the Senegalese president accused the EU of isolating Africa and raising barriers against "black Africa".
"We don't want the Mediterranean Union to serve as yet another obstacle or separate Europe from Africa. We have to react to this closing off everything from the Sahara to South Africa," he said referring to the Union which was formed last year to boost cooperation between the EU and North African countries bordering the Mediterranean.
