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They condemned the NATO air strikes saying they were driven by ulterior motives involving the country's oil.
"Why has no one gone to intervene in Syria where there are massacres?" said King Tossoh Gbaguidi of Savalou, Benin, referring to the anti-regime protests in which hundreds have been killed since mid-March, according to rights groups.
Kadhafi in August 2008 gathered African traditional rulers for a meeting to mark the anniversary of the coup that brought him to power. The meeting was organised in the Mediterranean city of Benghazi, now a rebel stronghold, east of Tripoli.
They bestowed on him the title "king of kings."
Among traditional rulers who attended the Cotonou conference were those from Chad, Congo Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Mali, Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe.
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"Why has no one gone to intervene in Syria where there are massacres?" said King Tossoh Gbaguidi of Savalou, Benin, referring to the anti-regime protests in which hundreds have been killed since mid-March, according to rights groups.
Kadhafi in August 2008 gathered African traditional rulers for a meeting to mark the anniversary of the coup that brought him to power. The meeting was organised in the Mediterranean city of Benghazi, now a rebel stronghold, east of Tripoli.
They bestowed on him the title "king of kings."
Among traditional rulers who attended the Cotonou conference were those from Chad, Congo Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Mali, Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe.
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