FRANCE & ITALY ready to unite for Libya strategy!

Libya 1.    France and Italy Will Also Send Advisers to Libya Rebels (New York Times) 2.    France sends military officers to Libya (Xinhua) 3.    British commander joins rebel fight against Gaddafi (Independent) 4.    Libya vows to fight foreign ground troops as Western coalition boosts Libyan opposition (Xinhua) 5.    Gaddafi son defiant as Libya rebels plead for help (Mail & Guardian) 6.    Libya foreign minister says free elections could be held (UK Guardian) 7.    Kadhafi must be toppled 'by force' - rebel chief (New African) 8.    Gaddafi loyalists pound Misrata (Xinhua) Nigeria 1.    A new era is coming, Jonathan pledges (Nigerian Guardian) 2.    President Jonathan calls for calm after riots in Nigeria (Xinhua) 3.    Calm returns to Kano, Sokoto (Punch) 4.    Buhari disowns rioters (Punch) 5.    Niger Delta ex-militants vow to defend President Jonathan's mandate (Africa Review) 6.    'Bodies thrown into wells' in Nigerian post-poll riots (Mail & Guardian) Côte d'Ivoire 1.    Ivorian Government holds first Cabinet meeting in official premises (New African) 2.    Gunfire in Ivory Coast as govt ousts militia (New African) Egypt INTERVIEW: 'Egypt's Military Leadership Is Reacting Too Slowly' – El Baradei (Spiegel) Uganda Death toll in Uganda protests rises to 4 as army steps in (Africa Review) Sudan 1.    IMF says North Sudan must undertake measures to avoid post-secession "shock" (Sudan Tribune) 2.    Darfur mediators to submit final draft peace agreement on 27 April (Sudan Tribune) Somalia US, EU urged to boost support to African force in Somalia (New African) Swaziland Swaziland unions to hold monthly protests (Africa Review) Zambia 1.    Shut up! President Banda tells Opposition leader Michael Sata (Zambia Daily Mail) 2.    North Zambia protests leave three dead and properties razed (Africa Review) Zimbabwe 1.    Zim cabinet minister released (Mail & Guardian) 2.    Mugabe admits that Zimbabwe faces food shortages (Zimbabwean) Malawi UK: Settle down please, Malawi (Mail & Guardian) Lesotho South Africa hands over suspects in Lesotho PM murder plot (Mail & Guardian) South Africa South Africa signals shift in Black Economic Empowerment laws (Mail & Guardian) East Africa The East African Community gets new secretary-general (Africa Review) ************************************************************************************ Libya France and Italy Will Also Send Advisors to Libya oppositions PARIS — The French and Italian governments said Wednesday that they would join Britain in sending a small number of military liaison officers to support the ragtag rebel army in Libya, offering a diplomatic boost for the insurgent leader, Mustafa Abdel-Jalil, as he met with President Nicolas Sarkozy in Paris. After the meeting, The Associated Press reported, Mr. Sarkozy pledged to intensify French airstrikes that started in March. The announcements came as the international community searched for a means to break a bloody battlefield deadlock that has killed hundreds in the contested cities of Misurata and Ajdabiya and left the rebels in tenuous control of a few major coastal cities in their campaign against Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi. Source> JAR