| Libyan leader Muammar Gadhafi has accepted the African Union's "road map" to end conflicts in the country, South African President Jacob Zuma said Sunday, April 10, news agencies report. The road map called for an immediate cease-fire and opening a political dialogue between the so-called rebels and the government. Zuma and leaders of several other African countries visited Libya over the weekend to meet Gadhafi on behalf of the African Union (AU) to mediate an immediate cease-fire between Libya's government troops and the so-called rebel forces. The delegation is also expected to meet with leaders of the so-called rebel forces in the eastern city of Benghazi, agencies also report. This development follows the April 9 meeting of the AU's Ad-Hoc Committee on Libya to implement the body's decision on to put an end to military operations in that country by establishing negotiations between the Libyan government and the so-called rebels.. Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, who addressed the press after the meeting, said, "the committee is striving to implement the AU decisions," with, as "first objective, to put an end to military operations," to "find appropriate solutions likely to resolve the crisis in a sisterly country, Libya." The meeting was also attended by presidents Jacob Zuma (South Africa), Denis Sassou Nguesso (Congo) and Amadou Toumani Toure (Mali), while the Ugandan President, Yoweri Museveni, who is also a member of the committee, was represented by the Foreign Affairs Minister of his government. |