O.A.U. urged to mediate
NZPA-Reuter Libreville. Gabon Nigeria has told the Organisation of African Unity that it must find ways of settling disputes between member States. Tension between O.A.U. members was highlighted at the week-end by a bitter attack from the Ethiopian Head of State. Colonial Mengistu Haile Miriam, on Sudan and Somalia. He l accused his neighbours of a
“co-ordinated conspiracy” against his country. In the strongest speech so far of the four-day O.A.U. summit meeting, Colonel Mengistu charged the two countries with violating Ethiopian sovereignty. The Nigerian leader, Mr Olesegun Obasanjo, told a closed session that Africa was witnessing increasing tension between O.A.U. members. He said conflicts arose fundamentally out of “the machinations of our so-called friends from outside."
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