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07/08/2004:

"SA to host Africa's parliament"

South Africa will host the new pan-African parliament, leaders at the African Union summit have decided.

The decision was made after Egypt, the only other contender, withdrew.

"We are very happy to serve the continent in that way," South Africa's Foreign Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma said from Addis Ababa.

Questions are already being raised in South Africa about the costs involved. Almost 200 MPs have already been sworn in from the 38 signatory countries.
Full Article : bbc.co.uk