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Taylor, Gaddafi on peacekeeping

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    The leaders of Libya and Liberia have said that any future peacekeeping force in Africa must be made up exclusively of troops from the continent, Libyan radio announced on Sunday.

    Taylor, who has cultivated close diplomatic ties with Libya, ended a three-day visit to that country on Sunday. The call for an all-African force was contained in a joint communique that capped a meeting between Taylor and Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi.

    In recent years, France and the United States have taken initiatives on the creation of a rapid reaction peace force for Africa, comprising African armies. The idea of an all-African force was first proposed by late Ghanaian president Kwame Nkrumah but never got off the ground.

    However, in 1990, the Economic Community of West African States became the first subregional group to deploy a peacekeeping and peace-enforcement body. It did so in Liberia and later in Sierra Leone and Guinea-Bissau.

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