Gaddafi realises his African dream

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Gaddafi realises his African dream

“This is certainly a step backwards in terms of the profile of the person who is going to represent Africa on the world stage,” Reed Brody, a spokesman for Human Rights Watch, said yesterday.

I tend to agree.
How on earth will the rest of the world ever take Africa seriously when the Chair of the AU has been a Dictator of his own country for 4 decades after a Coup in 1969.

Yes the West's media has tarnished the man's image over the decades and possibly the average man on the street judges him for it, whether the stories be true or not.
Surely a person fitting the profile of Chairperson of the AU should have at least a "clean" record?
In my opinion the AU needs Gadaffi and possibly countries like South Africa who may be the few that might keep the AU financially afloat.

I hope Gadaffi proves the world wrong as Africa needs to move on. I am just not sure about this United States of Africa in the short to medium term. In principle it looks glamorous and I know Mbeki took great strides to further Africa's potential. Time will tell.

 

[Slaine73]

Like the Americans said "Are they serious?" I think most of the times other countries ask that question when they see what African countries do and decide.

 

[Guest 20221009]

The AU is just a joke, it think its all peer presusser. The EU looks to nice for these dudes here and they just thinking, wow lets start our own thingy.

It will never work here period! Africa is still too much into turmoil, nasty conflicts. To many African states are unstable for this to work and they got no money to fund their involvement anyways!

As for Gaddafi, well he is just a joke..

 

[Slootvreter]

It will never work here period! Africa is still too much into turmoil, nasty conflicts. To many African states are unstable for this to work and they got no money to fund their involvement anyways!

This is how it is and how it will remain as long as one general decides enough is enough and stages a coup to take over from the previous one, who stages a coup, etc etc. This seems to be the way to become head of state in Africa. Pretty sad.

 

[DigitalSoldier]

http://www.hayibo.com/articles/view/966

AU elects Gadaffi as head, gives him ceremonial flywhisk, aviator sunglasses

ADDIS ABABA. Libya's Muammar Gadaffi has been elected head of the African Union and has vowed to create a single unified political entity called "Libya", stretching from Tripoli on the Nile to Tripoli at the Cape. Amid rapturous applause from AU heads of state, Gadaffi was handed his ceremonial flywhisk and aviator sunglasses, both symbols of African power.

The African Union elected the controversial Libyan colonel at its latest session in Addis Ababa, where it has gathered to discussed the outcome of a previous meeting where it had been decided to meet again to discuss whether the official buffet should include sausage rolls as well as spicy chicken wings.

If consensus is reached it will be the latest in a series of bold decisions taken by the AU.

"The AU is about action," said spokesman Prester John Mawiri. "For example, just last month we decided to install a suggestion box inside Harare's central prison where MDC members can rate the torture they are receiving and suggest alternative methods."

 

[Ady]

Lets not foget this man is also a terrorist. Wasn't his government involved in or had knowledge of the Lockerby disaster?

 

[blunomore]

Brother Leader!!!

 

[Balstrome]

Now, there was the urban legend, that his father/brother or some family member pissed him off. So he decided to make them all live in a tent, with the reasoning that his family willl live there, until everyone else in the country has a roof over their head.

But if I was a dictator and won me a rich country, like one of those in africa, here is my plan. I would do the whole decadence thing, and if someone complains about, say the roads, I would say to him, You think you can do better, ok. You are now minster of roads, and here is your budget, carry on. Good results keep you in a job, bad results gets your a last smoke.

Cause I have learnt how to be a great dictator.

Can't spell for **** and grammar need more coffee, though

 

[Alan]

Socialist lefties rejoice.

 

[adrianx]

I like Gaddafi's hats... I want a whole collection of those hats. His sunglasses are also pretty cool. After all, he is the African King of Kings. I can imagine that the AU parties will be a lot more extravagant for the next 12 months.