“No, things don’t work that way. The TNC has reassured us regarding African workers in Libya. We will wait and see.”– Jean Ping, African Union Chairperson
The AU is refusing to recognize the U.S. supported Libyan rebel TNC. Partly because the African Union was never consulted regarding UN resolutions against Libya, and NATO attacks on Libya. Libya is a member of the African Union.
The main reason the AU is refusing to recognize the TNC is because black Libyans, and mainly black migrant workers from other AU member states, have been targeted and murdered by Libyan rebels.
Some rebels believe that all black Africans in Libya are mercenaries working for Gaddafi.
Last week the Pentagon presented Congress with a plan to provide African countries with up to $145 million in military aid. The aid, in money and equipment, is for so called counter terrorism operations.
The $145 million, to be split between several African countries, doesn’t compare to what just one country got last year. Yemen, on the Arabian Peninsula, got $155 million in aid last year, paid for by taxpayers. And this year the Pentagon wants give Yemen $200 million!
Out of the $145 million in military aid going to African countries, only $600,000 is for ‘human rights training’.
“the African Union rejects the idea of foreign military intervention in Libya, regardless of its form.” -Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, President of Mauritania
At the current African Union summit, being held in Mauritania, union members are demanding an end to all military actions in Libya. The African Union is upset that a member of the African Union is being attacked. That’s right, Libya is an African country, despite western media continually referring to Libya as the Middle East.
The African Union boycotted the emergency meeting in Paris, France.