Breaking: Kaddafi Accepts Peace Deal
Apr 10, 2011 4 Comments ›› Pat Dollard
TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) – South African President Jacob Zuma says Libyan leader Moammar Qaddafi has accepted the African Union’s “road map” for a cease-fire with rebels.
Zuma and other African leaders traveled to Tripoli to meet Qaddafi on Sunday and will be in the rebel stronghold of Benghazi on Monday to meet leaders of the opposition.
The African Union’s road map calls for an immediate cease-fire, opening channels for humanitarian aid and talks between the rebels and the government.
Qaddafi has ignored the cease-fire he announced after international airstrikes were authorized last month, and he rejects rebel demands that he step down.
Zuma says despite the divide, “We have to give the cease-fire a chance.”
