Unity Gadaffi-style

African unity was not much advanced when the Organisation of African Unity met in Lomé last week. The host was Togo's controversial President Gnassingbé Eyadéma backed by Libya's even more controversial Colonel Moammar el Gadaffi, (who contributed 70 billion CFA francs (US$103 million), of the FF CFA100 bn. forecast costs).

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Togo, Gnassingbé Eyadéma, Libya, Moammar el Gadaffi, South Africa, Nigeria, Egypt, Algeria, Kenya, Israeli, Iranian, Mohamed Khatami, Angola, Congo-Kinshasa, Jonas Savimbi, Canada, Robert Fowler, Somalia, Chad, Côte d'Ivoire, Alassane Dramane Ouattara, Robert Gueï

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