Gaddafi accepts peace plan: Zuma

Jacob Zuma, South Africa’s president, said embattled Libyan leader Muammer Gaddafi told him he would give a ceasefire plan “a chance”, after Zuma led an African Union delegation to Tripoli on Sunday in search of a solution to the Libyan crisis, reports the FT. As Gaddafi’s forces advanced on the strategic rebel-held city of Ajdabiya in the east, and Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Nato secretary-general, said there was no military solution to the conflict, the African Union presented Gaddafi with its own “road map” for a resolution. Zuma, joined by four other African leaders, said the Libyan delegation led by Gaddafi said it had to give a “ceasefire a chance.” Zuma was also due to hold talks with the rebels, but diplomats said they were unlikely to accept the AU plan as it would involve a continued role for Gaddafi.