Gaddafi Is Africa’s King Of Kings
MORE than 200 African kings and traditional rulers has bestowed the title “king of kings” on Libya’s leader Muammar Gaddafi.
The rulers, wearing gold crowns, sequined capes and colourful robes met in the Libyan town of Benghazi in what was billed as a first of its kind.
Col Gaddafi urged the royals to join his campaign for African unity.
Africa’s political leaders are lukewarm about his vision of merging their powers to create a single government.
“We want an African military to defend Africa, we want a single African currency, we want one African passport to travel within Africa,” Col Gaddafi told the assembled dignitaries, who come from countries such as Mozambique, South Africa, Ivory Coast and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Prince Andrew was not there…
Posted: 2nd, September 2008 | In: Politicians, Strange But True Comment (1) | TrackBack | Permalink
