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Tripoli,
September 5, 2009 – Delegates from the 52 countries that make up the
African Union gathered on Monday to address their continent's crises
during a one-day summit in Tripoli.
The "special summit" was called by Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, also
current AU President, during a regular meeting of the bloc less than a
month ago.
High on the agenda was the situation in Darfur and Somalia whose
moderate Islamic leadership headed by sheikh Ahmed Sharif is at the
heart of bloody confrontations with radical Islamists.
"We all know that Africa is exposed to dangerous security problems in
many parts of the continent that may lead to regional wars. This
situation is unacceptable - be that in Somalia or Darfur or the Great
Lakes Area," Libyan news agency Jana quoted the chairman of the AU
executive council, Ali al-Treiki, as telling a summit preparatory
meeting Sunday.
According to Jana, AU Commissioner Jean Ping told the meeting: "Our
discussions must be based on our ambitious vision to find practical
applicable solutions in terms of setting up new plans to settle such
problems and conflicts."
The summit comes on the eve of celebrations of the 40th anniversary of
Gaddafi's military coup in 1969.
Source: sapa, Aug. 31, 2009
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