Kadafi in Tunis for North Africa Talks
Libyan leader Col. Moammar Kadafi arrived Saturday on the eve of a meeting with leaders of the five-nation Arab Maghreb Union that is expected to focus on the Western Sahara dispute again souring relations between Algeria and Morocco.
The regional organization grouping Tunisia, Mauritania, Morocco, Algeria and Libya was created last February to work for integration between the North African Arab states. Moroccan King Hassan II and the presidents of Algeria and Mauritania are expected to arrive today for the opening of the conference.
The war in the Western Sahara erupted again in October with attacks by Polisario guerrillas on the Moroccan wall dividing the territory.
Morocco says the former Spanish colony is Moroccan territory while Polisario rebels claim it is an independent country.
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