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| AU summit focuses on government | AU summit focuses on government |
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| The African Union summit is opening in Accra, Ghana, focusing this year on the idea of a pan-African government. | |
| Libya's Colonel Muammar Gaddafi is championing the idea, but correspondents say many African leaders do not support his initiative. | Libya's Colonel Muammar Gaddafi is championing the idea, but correspondents say many African leaders do not support his initiative. |
| There are fears the issue will push the crises in Zimbabwe, Somalia and Darfur off the agenda. | There are fears the issue will push the crises in Zimbabwe, Somalia and Darfur off the agenda. |
| Foreign ministers meeting on the eve of the summit heard critical reports on the way the AU handles money. | Foreign ministers meeting on the eve of the summit heard critical reports on the way the AU handles money. |
| A report by the international auditing firm Ernst and Young found that the African Union could not account for almost $3m it spent on a conference for African intellectuals. | A report by the international auditing firm Ernst and Young found that the African Union could not account for almost $3m it spent on a conference for African intellectuals. |
| The firm also said the AU could not verify how much it paid members of the Pan-African Parliament, an AU body. | The firm also said the AU could not verify how much it paid members of the Pan-African Parliament, an AU body. |
| Another report, by AU financial experts, showed that only seven of the 53 member states were up-to-date with their payments to the AU. | Another report, by AU financial experts, showed that only seven of the 53 member states were up-to-date with their payments to the AU. |
| This summit is the ninth since the AU was created five years ago. | This summit is the ninth since the AU was created five years ago. |
| 'Soldier for Africa' | 'Soldier for Africa' |
| Gaddafi hopes to get AU backing for his grand idea | Gaddafi hopes to get AU backing for his grand idea |
| "For Africa, the matter is to be or not to be," President Gaddafi told students at the University of Ghana on the eve of the summit. | "For Africa, the matter is to be or not to be," President Gaddafi told students at the University of Ghana on the eve of the summit. |
| "My vision is to wake up the African leaders to unify our continent," he said, describing himself as a "soldier for Africa". | "My vision is to wake up the African leaders to unify our continent," he said, describing himself as a "soldier for Africa". |
| The idea of a single pan-African government was first promoted by Kwame Nkrumah, who led Ghana to independence in 1957, and the Libyan leader has long been an enthusiastic proponent of the idea. | The idea of a single pan-African government was first promoted by Kwame Nkrumah, who led Ghana to independence in 1957, and the Libyan leader has long been an enthusiastic proponent of the idea. |
| President Gaddafi arrived in Ghana after a week-long tour of West Africa, during he visited Mali, Guinea, Ivory Coast and Liberia. | President Gaddafi arrived in Ghana after a week-long tour of West Africa, during he visited Mali, Guinea, Ivory Coast and Liberia. |