South Africa must end xenophobic attack- Ideological Institute

Accra, March 1, GNA - The Kwame Nkrumah Ideological Institute (KNII), has called on the Government and people of South Africa to end the xenophobic attack on fellow Africans living and working in that country.

'The perpetrated act is un- African, un-Pan African and impregnated with discrimination, hatred, abuse of human rights and against the basic principles of the African Personality, Dr Benjamin Anyagre, Executive Director of the KNII said in a statement issued in Accra on Wednesday and copied to the Ghana News Agency.

The statement said it was important to state that the act of xenophobic fever caught up in South Africa today cannot be so different in character from the brutal and inhumane activities of the erstwhile apartheid administration.

'The Institute wants to recall once more that, it took the collective hatred, scorn and courage for many, many Africans to condemn the brutal apartheid government policies of racial discrimination.

'The Institute, calls for a Continental Union Government now, as one of the major lasting solutions to free movement of Africans, no matter, which village one was born on the African soil,' the statement said.

It said barriers created by the colonial agents must be dislodged, dismantled and broken down to ensure the liberty of endeavours in the midst of inter/intra African trade and industry with the establishment of jobs and business opportunities to all Africans home and in the Diaspora.

'The Institute calls on the Parliament of South Africa with all political parties' representatives to condemn and call a stop to this tarnishing and disgraceful act on the embodiment of Africa,' the statement said.

GNA