Africa: President Museveni Cannot Betray Africa to Please the West

20 September 2011
opinion

THE Daily Monitor's headline on Friday, September 16 screamed: "Museveni, Zuma dump Gaddafi". In a bold red-and black hue kicker, the deceptively titled story questioned whether the two leaders who took a principled stand against NATO-led military campaign to oust Libyan leader, Col. Muammar Gadaffi were "playing a catch-up".

It highlighted, of course erroneously, that the African Union (AU) had made a U-turn to recognise the National Transitional Council whose fighters stormed Tripoli on August 21. Nothing could be farther from the truth.

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