SIRTE, Libya – Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi on Friday raised the possibility of a referendum across Africa on his dream of a “United States of Africa”, at the end of a regional summit.

“If we organise a referendum on African unity in a single state… we would win 100 percent,” Kadhafi said in a closing speech after the African Union summit, which he hosted in his hometown of Sirte.

“It’s an option that we could turn to if necessary,” he added.

Kadhafi praised the “success” of the summit that laid out a plan for transforming the existing AU Commission into an AU Authority that, if ratified by the 53 member states, would coordinate regional defence, trade and foreign policy.

“We have decided to create an Authority that will speak with a single voice in the name of Africa,” he said.

The Times – Kadhafi pushes ‘United States of Africa’.