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Muluzi on Libya visit

    JOHANNESBURG

    Malawi’s President Bakili Muluzi left for a three-day official visit to Libya on Monday, where he is expected to hold “development” talks with Libyan leader Muammar Gadafi, according to government officials in the country’s capital, Lilongwe.

    The officials told PANA that Muluzi aims to find out about the pledge made by Libya last year to fund agricultural development as well as the construction of low-cost housing in Malawi. Libya had also promised to send tractors to the poverty-stricken country of about 11 million people.

    Alaudin Osman, Muluzi’s aide, said Malawi faces a serious housing shortage, which had prompted the Libyan government to offer assistance.

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