Libya&#39;s Gaddafi tells Africa to unite or die
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Declaring himself a &quot;soldier for Africa,&quot;  Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi called on the continent on  Saturday to unite under a single government so it could compete  in a globalize world.
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The Zimbabwean President, Robert Mugabe, has called for unity during a speech to thousands of ruling party members in the capital Harare.
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ADDIS ABABA, Oct 7  -- British Prime Minister Tony Blair issued a clarion call Thursday for the world to help Africa free itself from poverty, disease and conflict, describing his personal crusade for the continent as &quot;the one noble cause worth
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Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi will host a summit on the troubled western Sudanese region of Darfur with the presidents of Chad, Egypt and Nigeria, a Libyan government source said on Tuesday.
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Botswana&#39;s President Festus Mogae has warned that the country cannot sustain the current high rate of HIV infection and that people should &quot;abstain from unsafe sex, or die&quot;.
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PARIS, Dec 31 (IPS) - The re-emergence of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi  into the diplomatic good graces of Europe has met with a  decidedly mixed response, even in some of the governments  ostensibly courting his favour.
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Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi said on  Wednesday his plan for a United States of Africa should include  creating a two million strong army to staunch recurrent  conflicts which have ravaged many of the continent&#39;s nations.
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"The world is waiting, wanting to re-engage with a reforming Zimbabwe government ... but for the people of Zimbabwe, this is urgent, and change before the 2008 elections essential."  By Andrew QuinnJOHANNESBURG  - British Prime Minister Tony Blair on Thursday urged rich nations to keep their promises of financial aid to Africa, saying failure to do so could threaten the continent's march toward prosperity and democracy.In a keynote speech in Johannesburg on the final leg of his farewell African tour as Britain's leader, Blair also said that Africa's leaders must get tough on authoritarian governments, such as those in Sudan and Zimbabwe."Wealthy nations and Africa both face a choice ... Our challenge is to support the good. Africa's challenge is to eliminate the bad," Blair said in the speech. Read more
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Libya hosts a summit of 23 African leaders on Saturday against the backdrop of conflicts in Darfur, Ivory Coast and Somalia.
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Darfur rebels back a mediation role for Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, who African leaders meeting in Tripoli commissioned to make contacts to help solve the conflict in western Sudan, spokesmen said on Monday.
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Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has defended the use of landmines by weak countries countering aggression by stronger adversaries, and said the Ottawa treaty banning anti-personnel mines should be amended or scrapped.
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Several African leaders reject plans to set up a pan-African government, as suggested by Libya's Muammar Gaddafi.
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TRIPOLI, Libya: Libya confirmed that the leaders of Sudan, Egypt, Chad and Nigeria would join Moammar Gadhafi for a &quot;mini-summit&#39;&#39; Sunday on Sudan&#39;s Darfur region, which the United Nations calls the world&#39;s worst humanitarian crisis.
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World leaders unite in condemnation as opposition groups warn killing threatens to tear country apart
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Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, right, talks to Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo, left, during a meeting on Sudan&#39;s Darfur region in Tripoli, Libya Sunday, Oct. 17, 2004.
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African leaders struggled on Tuesday to avoid a damaging split over moves to unite the continent under one federal government.
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SEBHA, Libya  - Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi debated democracy with two Western scholars in the desert on Friday in a move apparently designed to further the resumption of international ties following years of isolation.