{"id":447915,"date":"2011-06-26T15:33:28","date_gmt":"2011-06-26T15:33:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/06\/26\/zuma-slams-nato-as-african-union-panel-meets\/"},"modified":"2011-06-26T15:33:28","modified_gmt":"2011-06-26T15:33:28","slug":"zuma-slams-nato-as-african-union-panel-meets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/26\/zuma-slams-nato-as-african-union-panel-meets\/","title":{"rendered":"Zuma Slams Nato as African Union Panel Meets"},"content":{"rendered":"
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26 June 2011<\/p>\n

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South African President Jacob Zuma slammed Nato’s operation in Libya at the opening of the African Union’s (AU) Libya panel meeting in Pretoria.<\/p>\n

Rebels said they expected a proposal from Moamer Kadhafi “very soon” through French and South African intermediaries.<\/p>\n

The UN resolution authorising the Nato bombing campaign “was not to authorise a campaign for regime change or political assassination”, Zuma reportedly told opening talks of the AU panel on Libya.<\/p>\n

He accused the military alliance of exceeding its mandate to “protect the Libyan people and facilitate the humanitarian effort”.<\/p>\n

British officials claim to be tracking Kadhafi’s movements and refraining from killing him because of the terms of the resolution, according to the Guardian newspaper on Friday.<\/p>\n

Zuma, who visited Libya last month, also called on both Kadhafi and the rebel Transitional National Council (TNC) to make compromises to end the conflict, which could “destabilise the entire sub-region”.<\/p>\n

An AU “roadmap” calls for a ceasefire and reforms “necessary for the elimination of the causes of the current crisis”, but the TNC insists that Kadhafi end his grip on power as a condition for accepting any deal.<\/p>\n

In other news from Libya:<\/p>\n