Nigerian, S African leaders meet on security matters

ABUJA South African President Jacob Zuma visited Nigeria on Tuesday and held talks with President Goodluck Jonathan on security issues facing the continent, Zuma said after the meeting.
Details of the talks were not made public. Zuma, in brief comments to journalists, said only that the meeting touched on "difficulties in a number of countries".
   "We believe that, between Nigeria and South Africa, it is important to align and harmonise our thinking on matters that will need countries on the continent to take specific decisions," he said.
   "Some of the issues raised are issues of security of the continent. As you know, there has been some difficulties in a number of countries. We touched on those issues."
   African nations have deployed troops in Mali as part of the effort to drive out Islamists who had taken control of the country's north.
   South Africa also saw 13 of its soldiers killed last month in clashes with rebels seizing power in the Central African Republic.
   Nigeria, Africa's most populous nation, and South Africa, the continent's biggest economy, have long been engaged in a brotherly rivalry, with diplomatic disputes occasionally breaking out.
   Jonathan is due to visit South Africa on May 6-7. Zuma also visited Algeria this week before his one-day trip to Nigeria.

South African President Jacob Zuma visited Nigeria on Tuesday and held talks with President Goodluck Jonathan on security issues facing the continent, Zuma said after the meeting.