*Mbeki calls for stand against Libya attacks* 17 July 2011, 7:35:00
Former President Thabo Mbeki has called on South Africans and the rest of the continent to rise up and demonstrate against the continued attacks on Libya by North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Nato) forces. Mbeki says the current bombardment of Libya cannot continue as it is not contributing to the formation of a democratic or united Libya. He has also urged the African Union to continue voicing its opposition to the attacks, saying: "We should be seeing demonstrations everywhere in the continent to say 'hands off Libya'." But, the former President says such protests are not happening, saying such silence "conveys the wrong impression to those who are carrying out the war against Libya, a wrong impression that the African continent approves of the war". Mbeki's hope is that all of Africa can stand up, march and demonstrate to say no to the aggression against the North African country. In early morning reports, at least 13 explosions were heard in the Libyan capital Tripoli, just hours after Muammar Gaddafi made yet another defiant speech vowing to stay on. Libyan state television said Nato forces bombed both civilian and military sites in Tripoli early this morning. Meanwhile, Gaddafi told thousands of supporters in Zawiyah, west of Tripoli, that he will never leave the land of his ancestors. On Friday, Western and regional powers made a fresh call on Gaddafi to go after more than four decades in power. The war between Gaddafi's troops and rebel forces still seems to be in stalemate. The rebels say they had 10 men killed and 172 wounded in an attack on the strategic oil port of Brega yesterday.
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