But,Karbgo says,as soon as the case was brought to court, the matter was taken out of the government's hands.

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Nonetheless,it is a symbol of collective African frustration at what AU sees as the refusal of the international community to hear its views on a matter involving Africa.

VOA: standard.2009.07.06

"As a matter of fairness, the committee concluded, we should offer the prime minister, if he wished to take it up, the opportunity for him, for David Miliband his foreign secretary and Douglas Alexander the development secretary to attend hearings before the general election,".

VOA: standard.2010.01.22