'Women do not start wars': Zuma tells the AU.

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JOHANNESBURG - President Jacob Zuma says women are hard-working and make better leaders because they do not start wars.

He was speaking at a breakfast on equal access of African women to high-level positions at the African Union and in the United Nations system, held on the sidelines of the 30th African Union Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Zuma told the meeting that history showed that none of the world's conflicts and wars had been started by a woman.

"They don't start wars ... they don't just love peace, they actually make peace ... they work hard to ensure there is peace generally," he said.

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