African and European leaders exchanged barbed criticisms during the first day of an EU-Africa summit in Tripoli, Libya, on Monday (29 November), with contentious trade deals and migration issues among the hot topics.
Libyan leader Muammar al-Gaddafi, host of the two-day summit, slammed Europe's economic partnership with Africa as a "failure", and demanded the 27-member union provide more money in the fight against illegal immigration.
During an opening address to the leaders of ...
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