(Front row, L-R) Gabonese President Omar Bongo, Ghanian President John Agyekum Kufuor, Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel and France's President Jacques Chirac leave the Festival Palace after the opening session of the 24th France-Africa summit in Cannes February 15, 2007. Dozens of African heads of state and government gather for the biennial summit aimed at strengthening relations between France and Africa. REUTERS/Patrick Kovarik/Pool (FRANCE)