Gaddafi Courts an African Queen
JOHANNESBURG, 2 FEB 2003--What lies behind the Libyan strongman's strange but abiding interest in the attractive young mother of a 10-year-old Ugandan king? LIBYA'S Colonel Muammar Gaddafi has developed a mysterious obsession with an ancient Ugandan kingdom whose 10-year-old monarch is the youngest in the world.

According to long-standing rumours, there are two reasons for Gaddafi's interest in Toro, one of five historic kingdoms that make up present-day Uganda.