The leaders of several African countries, including Uganda, South Africa and Zimbabwe, have condemned the air strikes on Libya. Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni has written a lengthy newspaper article accusing the West of double standards. He was one of five African leaders tasked with finding a solution to the crisis, whose mission to Tripoli was called off when the air strikes began. Although South Africa voted in favour of UN resolution 1973, which authorised military action to protect civilians, Jacob Zuma has also criticised the air strikes, suggesting they were part of a regime-change doctrine.Mr Zuma called for an immediate ceasefire and rejected any foreign intervention, whatever its form. Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe, a long-standing critic of the West, has also condemned the air strikes, saying the conflict is really about control of Libya's oil wealth. Namibia's President Hifikepunye Pohamba agreed, calling the bombardment an interference in internal affairs of Africa. Nigeria's Foreign Minister Odein Ajumogobia said there were contradictions with the international community intervening in Libya but not Ivory Coast. The African Union has also called for an end to the military intervention in Libya.