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18-01-05, 21:18
AU intervenes in Haiti crisis
January 18, 2005, 18:15
The African Union has come to the rescue and is taking over the crisis in Haiti to prepare the country for elections. President Thabo Mbeki met with Alpha Konare, the chairperson of the AU Commission and Jean Bertrand Aristide, the former Haitian President today to look at the program of action. This follows fact finding mission by Konare to the Caribbean island of Haiti last month.
After his unceremonious removal last year - the deposed former Haitian president has found a home in South Africa. But since then, few have accepted responsibility for the political crisis that followed. Today, the African Union stepped in.
Konare will get down to work immediately to draw up a program of action. The request for AU intervention has come from Haitian political parties, including the current interim leadership. The AU will work with organisations such as the UN, CariCom and the Organisation of Amerian States.
With the backing of the interim government, the AU hopes to begin a national dialogue as soon as its program has been endorsed by African leaders. President Mbeki has pledged South Africa's support for the work of the Commission to help Haitians through the transition.
http://www.sabcnews.com/africa/southern_africa/0,2172,96003,00.html
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January 18, 2005, 18:15
The African Union has come to the rescue and is taking over the crisis in Haiti to prepare the country for elections. President Thabo Mbeki met with Alpha Konare, the chairperson of the AU Commission and Jean Bertrand Aristide, the former Haitian President today to look at the program of action. This follows fact finding mission by Konare to the Caribbean island of Haiti last month.
After his unceremonious removal last year - the deposed former Haitian president has found a home in South Africa. But since then, few have accepted responsibility for the political crisis that followed. Today, the African Union stepped in.
Konare will get down to work immediately to draw up a program of action. The request for AU intervention has come from Haitian political parties, including the current interim leadership. The AU will work with organisations such as the UN, CariCom and the Organisation of Amerian States.
With the backing of the interim government, the AU hopes to begin a national dialogue as soon as its program has been endorsed by African leaders. President Mbeki has pledged South Africa's support for the work of the Commission to help Haitians through the transition.
http://www.sabcnews.com/africa/southern_africa/0,2172,96003,00.html
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