“If it is presumed that the Kenyans will democratise in order to eat the peanuts of development assistance from the European Union… it would be a big mistake.”

—  Meles Zenawi

Meles Zenawi's reaction to European threat of sanctions on Kenya, as quoted in "Western world cannot impose democracy in Africa: Ethiopian PM", AFP, 25 January, 2008.

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