{"id":446883,"date":"2010-03-19T00:53:00","date_gmt":"2010-03-19T04:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16711557.post-4430048492790125348"},"modified":"2010-03-19T00:53:12","modified_gmt":"2010-03-19T04:53:12","slug":"nigeria-recalls-libya-ambassador","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/446883","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria Recalls Libya Ambassador"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Libyan leader and chairman of the African Union, Muammar Gaddafi, says that a one state solution is the key to the Palestinian question. Gaddafi addressed the UN General Assembly on September 23, 2009.<\/a>
Originally uploaded by Pan-African News Wire File Photos<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n

Nigeria recalls Libya ambassador<\/p>\n

Nigeria has recalled its ambassador to Libya after leader Muammar Gaddafi suggested Nigeria be divided into two states – one Christian and one Muslim.<\/p>\n

The foreign ministry said the Libyan leader’s statement was “irresponsible”. Earlier in the week a senator had called Col Gaddafi a “mad man”.<\/p>\n

Col Gaddafi had suggested the split to prevent any more bloodshed between rival groups in central Nigeria.<\/p>\n

Hundreds have died this year in ethnic and religious violence around Jos.<\/p>\n

Although the violence in Nigeria generally takes place between Muslim and Christian communities, the underlying causes are a complex mix of political, social and economic grievances.<\/p>\n

Nigeria is roughly split between its largely Muslim north, and a Christian-dominated south.<\/p>\n

In a statement, the foreign ministry said it was recalling its Tripoli ambassador for “urgent negotiations” because of the “irresponsible utterances of Colonel Gaddafi”.<\/p>\n

“His theatrics and grandstanding at every auspicious occasion have become too numerous to recount,” said the statement.<\/p>\n

Col Gaddafi, until recently head of the African Union, praised the partition of India in 1947 as the kind of “historic, radical solution” that could benefit Nigeria.<\/p>\n

Splitting India in 1947 caused a breakdown of law and order in which at least 200,000 people died. Some estimates say one million people were killed.<\/p>\n

About 12 million people were left homeless and thousands were raped.<\/p>\n

An attempt by the Igbo people of south-eastern Nigeria to secede in 1967 sparked a war which left more than one million people dead.<\/p>\n

Story from BBC NEWS:
http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/go\/pr\/fr\/-\/2\/hi\/africa\/8575383.stm
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