Libyan leader and African Union Chairman, Muammar Gaddafi, hosts President Omar Hassan al-Bashir of Sudan. There are reports that US jets bombed areas in Sudan during January and February of 2009. Sudan has defied the ICC warrant issued against al-Bashir.
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Herald Reporter
The African continent has been urged to seriously consider moving towards forming a United States of Africa to consolidate the gains of independence.
In a statement to mark Libya’s national day, Tripoli’s Embassy in Harare yesterday said Africa could not fully develop or attain total sovereignty unless it united.
Libya celebrates September 1 as its founding day, with official celebrations being held in Harare today.
On September 1, 1969, Brother Leader Muammar El-Gaddafi led the Libyan Revolution that freed that country from Italian colonialism and rule by an unpopular monarchy. The statement read: "After the liberation of Africa from direct colonisation, Colonel Muammar El-Gaddafi has paid attention to safeguarding African sovereignty . . .
"This cannot be accomplished unless African nations unite to form a United States of Africa which will be more powerful in facing external threats and realising the prosperity of African people by exploiting resources for the benefit of its people and not the colonial powers.
"There is strong determination from leaders to continue on this course up to the end until the realisation of African unity, which is the splendour of Africa and its advancement as a huge entity emulating other superpowers of the world."
The embassy said Libya had played a pivotal role in Africa’s liberation by assisting freedom fighters with material, technical and moral support.
The statement added that Libya had invested heavily in equipping its citizens intellectually and academically, by making education a basic right for everyone.
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