On this day in 2009, the chairman of African Union (A.U.) at the time, Libya’s Muammar Gaddafi, while speaking on democracy in Africa said that multi-party democracy in Africa always leads to bloodshed…
He was speaking at the A.U. summit in Ethiopia, where he went on to explain that Africa was essentially a tribal environment, and that political parties themselves became tribalised, which led to further bloodshed. He concluded that the best model for Africa was his own country, where opposition parties are not allowed.
– Also on this day in 1822, Free American Blacks settled in Liberia, West Africa. The first group of colonists landed in Liberia and founded Monrovia, the colony’s capital city, named in honor of President James Monroe.
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