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| African Leaders to Visit Libya |
| 2011-04-10 |
| [Tolo News] An African Union ...a union consisting of 53 African states, most run by dictators of one flavor or another. The only all-African state not in the AU is Morocco. Established in 2002, the AU is the successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which was even less successful... team is to visit Tripoli and Benghazi to push for a truce, reports say. The team, led by South African President Jacob Zuma, includes leaders from DR Congo, Mali, Mauritania and Uganda. The leaders are to visit both the Libyan leader Col Qadaffy and rebels in Banghazi to secure a truce between the two sides. The visit is underway as festivities between Libyan government forces and rebels continue. There are also reports of festivities near Ajdabiya. Mistrata still remain under siege by Qadaffy forces, as the EU is struggling to deliver humanitarian aid into the city. The main issue to be discussed by the African Union team will be truce and opening of political dialogue between the two sides. Meanwhile, ...back at the Esquimeau village our hero was receiving a quick lesson in aeronautics:... 13 rebels were reportedly killed in a nato air strike, which sparked anger among the rebels who blamed the NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Originally it was a mutual defense pact directed against an expansionist Soviet Union. In later years it evolved into a mechanism for picking the American pocket while criticizing the style of the American pants... saying it should have recognised the rebels moving in a westerly direction. The rebels were targeted while transporting tanks to the frontline. NATO earlier rejected a call for apology, argumenting it did not know rebels had tanks. But after UK Foreign Secretary William Hague urged NATO to apologise saying that if there was a mistake it did not cost anything to apologise, NATO expressed regret over the loss of life resulting from the air strike. The rebels were angry at the air strike, but their leaders said it will not damage rebels' relations with the allies. |
| Posted by:Fred |