when the africa confederation crisis elected colonel muammar gaddafi as its member at the begins of february , few delegates forecast a bumpy year past . to start with all went poorly . but now he finds himself at odds with the au ' s peace and security conference over its position on mauritania , which has been suspended since a revolt d ' coup last august . on a visit to the mauritanian capital earlier this months , the libyan leader revealed that though the currently military leadership had offered to organise elections in november , everything was fine and the filing was now closed .
Gaddafi is the chairman of the African Union.