(APA) – Meles Zenawi’s dictatorial regime in Ethiopia on Thursday observed the International Day of Non-violence and 139th birth day of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, known as Mahatma Gandhi, with a call to end violence from Africa.
Prime Minister Monster Meles Zenawi said Gandhi gave practical shape to the reality of passive resistance, non-cooperation and truth to fight tyranny and turned non-violence into an effective political tool. [This is coming from a dictator and a mass murderer who orders the shooting down of pro-democracy protectors.]
“We have witnessed events in recent years which demonstrate just how this philosophy—Gandhi’s non-violence— can be abused in Africa and else where. The concepts of non-violence and Gandhi’s aims and values have been twisted far away from reality and truth,” he said.
He said Gandhi’s philosophy of non-violence is particularly relevant to Africa, which suffers from violence more than other continent.
“Violence has become almost a habit, with all-too-many benefiting from [violence] as, for example in Somalia,” he said.
The United Nations general assembly passed resolution in June 2007 to commemorate October 2 as the birth day of Mahatma Gandhi and the International Day of Non-violence, thus recognizing his lasting impact on the world.