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Museveni said in a statement early this week that the wars in Democratic Republic of Congo, South Sudan, northern Uganda, Burundi, and Rwanda showed that Africa must have the primary interest in solving its conflicts.

"Although not planned, (the conflicts) ended up getting rid of the quisling of foreign interests and creating conditions for Afro-centered thinking in these countries," Museveni said, noting that Africa must take advantage of that unity.

Museveni said it is that unity that Africa must protect against the continued foreign selfish interests.

He argued that where populations are either similar, linked or compatible, there should be political integration, noting that is only a strong unified force that can push for its interest in the global arena.

"We believe and know that the East African Federation is possible and it would create a center of gravity for the black race," he said.

The East African Community (EAC), a regional body bringing together Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi and now South Sudan, plans to have a political federation. South Sudan was early admitted into the EAC, bring the total population of the bloc to 160 million people.

The president said apart from the strategic security against potential imperialism, the prosperity of the African people revolves around the production of goods and services in order to earn incomes, create jobs and expand the tax base.

He said the intra-African market is growing, which provides an opportunity for African products to be marketed within the continent instead of being taken to foreign markets where they face unfavorable terms.

The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) brings together 19 countries with a combined population of 470 million people.

The market is now being expanded to include Southern African Development Community (SADC) under the tripartite arrangement involving EAC, COMESA and SADC. This will have a combined population of about 632 million people and a Gross Domestic Product of 1.3 trillion U.S. dollars.

"The pooling of our markets does not only provide us with a bigger market for our goods and services, it also enables us to better negotiate for market access to other foreign markets," he said.

Museveni argued that regional and continental integration is necessary for the development of the African people.

SAPPORO， Japan， Feb. 21 (Xinhua) -- China dominated in the 500m short track speed skating at the Asian Winter Games here on Tuesday， while host Japan topped the medal tally by sweeping four speed skating golds.

China claimed the two gold medals up for grabs in short track speed skating for the day.

Zang Yize， 17， winner of the Youth Winter Olympic Games in 2016， clocked in 43.911 seconds to take the title in a dramatic race with China's world champion Fan Kexin and Shim Suk Hee of South Korea both disqualified after getting tangled up in the final lap.

"I think she (Fan) was too eager to win the race， and anything could happen in the short track speed race，" said Zang， who just won the gold at the Winter Universiade earlier this month in Almaty， Kazakhstan.

"I am happy to win the gold as this is the fist time I competed in the Asian Winter Games. I will train much harder after the Asiad，" added Zang， who already sets her eyes on the 2018 Winter Olympic Games.

Ito Ayuko of Japan snatched the silver in 44.236， while the bronze went to the Final B winner Choi Minjeong of South Korea in 44.819 as there is no third place finisher in the Final A.

Wu Dajing， a silver medalist in Sochi 2014， timed 40.764 to take the men's title， beating Seo Yira of South Korea to second place in 40.842. Another South Korean Park Seyeong， who just won the 1，500m race on Monday， was third in 41.182.

Japan collected five gold medals on the day， four from speed skating.

Star skater Nao Kodaira added a 500m gold to her 1，000m win， clocking 37.39 seconds， beating two-time Olympic champion Lee Sang-Hwa from South Korea to second place by 0.31 seconds. Japanese Go Arisa was third in 37.73.

Miho Takagi also won her second gold at the Asiad by taking the women's 1，500m.

Takagi， who already had the 3，000m gold and 1，000m silver to her belt， triumphed in 1:56.07， while her teammate Misaki Oshigiri came second in 1:58.13. Nana Takagi finished third in 1:59.45 with her fellow Japanese Ayano Sato fourth in 1:59.77.

China's first ever Olympic speed skating champion Zhang Hong， who clocked 2:00.14， took a lucky bronze as the Olympic Council of Asia doesn't allow a clean sweep of the podium by the same delegation.

"This was the event where we had the biggest chance of sweeping the top four spots， and being able to do that was very significant for us as a Japan national team，" said Nana Takagi.

Takuro Oda won the men's 1，000m in 1:09.33 before the Japanese dominated the women's team pursuit in 3:00.08， beating South Korea by 6.67 seconds into second place.

China got the bronze in 3:10.23， 7.29 seconds ahead of the only other participating team - Kazakhstan.

The host also won a gold in the women's 10km cross-country free through Yuki Kobayashi， who finished in 30:24.6， 24.4 seconds faster than 35-year-old defending champion Lee Chae-won from South Korea.

The bronze went to Yelena Kolomina of Kazakhstan. China's veteran Li Hongxue only placed sixth.

Kazakhstan also pocketed a gold in cross-country skiing as Rinat Mukhin， 23， claimed the men's 15km free title in 41:25.3.

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