The African Union can fuck right off.

African Union refuses to recognise Libya’s new TNC government

It took more than eight hours for the AU to decide not to throw its support behind the rebel administration yesterday during a meeting in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa.

Calling for an immediate ceasefire in the fighting, South African President Jacob Zuma, was one of only three African heads of state to attend the summit.

He said that the AU would not recognise the TNC as the legitimate government as long as the fighting continued. “If there is fighting, there is fighting. So we can’t stand here and say this is the legitimate [government] now. The process is fluid. That’s part of what we inform countries – whether there is an authority to recognise,” Mr Zuma said.

The AU has instead called for an “all-inclusive transitional government” to be set up in Libya, a government that would also involve some of the officials from Gaddafi’s side. But the proposal that was made by the AU officials has been rejected by the members of the TNC.