African Union committee to meet Libyan officials in Tripoli

[Turborama]

Source: CNN International

By the CNN Wire Staff | April 10, 2011 -- Updated 09:50 GMT

Tripoli -- In the latest diplomatic effort to stop the bloodshed in Libya, an African Union committee is expected to meet with Libyan authorities in Tripoli on Sunday before connecting with opposition members in the Libyan rebel stronghold of Benghazi.

The African Union's special committee on Libya is represented by Mauritania, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Mali, Uganda and South Africa. Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz told journalists on Sunday that the meetings "will discuss the ways to resolve the crisis in Libya, and our main goal is to stop the military operations and find adequate solutions for the problem between our Libyan brothers," according a Mauritanian news agency.

But longtime Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi has been a strong supporter of the African Union and has channeled large sums of money its way. Libya also holds a seat on the 15-member Peace and Security Council. As such, opposition leaders in Benghazi did not express optimism over the success of mediation as they continue to fight for democracy and an end to Gadhafi's four-decade rule.

After a series of setbacks driven by the advances by pro-government forces, Libyan rebel fighters got a shot of hope in the besieged city of Ajdabiya after apparently holding off Gadhafi's better-equipped forces.

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[Baclava]

1. The African Union was against any war in Libya from the start. Nobody will listen.

Good luck.

African Union mediators depart for Libya to negotiate a ceasefire

NOUAKCHOTT, April 10, 2011 (AFP) – African Union mediators departed Mauritania for Libya on Sunday, where they will try to negotiate a ceasefire, Mauritanian and South African officials told AFP. Presidents Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz of Mauritania, Amadou Toumani Toure of Mali, Denis Sassou Nguesso of Congo and Jacob Zuma of South Africa, left Nouakchott mid-morning and were travelling separately to Tripoli, then to Benghazi. ”They have just left, each in his own plane,” the source said. The delegation of mediators also include Uganda’s Foreign Minister Henry Oryem Okello, representing Yoweri Museveni, the fifth head of state making up a panel chosen by the European Union to mediate in Libya. Earlier on Sunday, the mediators reiterated their appeal for “an immediate end to all hostilities” and proposed a transition period to adopt reforms in the insurrection-hit country.


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[robcon]

2. The African Union was for the murder of protesters in Libya from the start.

They have no legitimacy in the conflict, IMO.