Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi on Wednesday repeated his call for a united Africa during a session of the Senegalese parliament.

Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi speaks at an event in support of African women at Leopold Sedar Senghor stadium in Dakar, Senegal Tuesday, April 4, 2006. Five visiting African heads of state attended Senegal's April 4 Independence Day celebration, commemorating the end of French colonial rule in 1960. [AP]

He urged African countries to work together to form a unified political and military force in an effort to set up a "United Africa."

The 50-plus nations that made up the African continent were yet to join hands in forming a common force in order to talk with the western powers on an equal basis and safeguard their legitimate rights and resources, said Gadhafi.

They should further strengthen their solidarity and try to speak with the same voice in major international political, diplomatic and trade negotiations, said the leader.

Gadhafi believed that every country in the continent should have its own armed forces to safeguard national security, protect its people, combat natural disasters and tackle terrorism and other crimes. Those armed forces could form a unified army and better protect security on the African continent, he added.

He opposed the western-styled constitution which set an exact mandate for the head of state, saying that a constitution should reflect the will of the majority of the people.

He also pushed for compensation from former colonizing countries such as France, for the African nations which had suffered tremendously under their rule.

Gadhafi arrived in Dakar on Monday to attend the Tuesday celebrations for the 46th anniversary of Senegal's independence.