Africa: No South Africa, Joburg Metro Police Did Not Arrest Foreigners With Stolen Traffic Lights – Old Video Recycled to Fuel Xenophobia

Africa: No South Africa, Joburg Metro Police Did Not Arrest Foreigners With Stolen Traffic Lights – Old Video Recycled to Fuel Xenophobia

No South Africa, Joburg metro police did not arrest foreigners with stolen traffic lights – old video recycled to fuel xenophobia IN SHORT: A series of posts on social media claim that Johannesburg’s metro police arrested five foreigners found in possession of stolen traffic lights. But the metro police have debunked this. The clip shared…

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Africa: No South Africa, Joburg Metro Police Did Not Arrest Foreigners With Stolen Traffic Lights – Old Video Recycled to Fuel Xenophobia

Africa: Kayode Fayemi Warns Africa Against Weak Institutions, Xenophobia and Dependency

A former governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has warned that Africa risked deeper instability and democratic decline if leaders failed to strengthen institutions, tackle poverty and resist rising xenophobia across the continent. Fayemi gave the warning while delivering the 16th Africa Day Lecture organised by the Thabo Mbeki Foundation in Cape Town, South…

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Africa: Falana Petitions African Commission Over Xenophobia Attacks in South Africa

Africa: Falana Petitions African Commission Over Xenophobia Attacks in South Africa

Mr Falana urged both the African Commission and the South African government to hold perpetrators of xenophobic attacks accountable. Human rights lawyer Femi Falana has petitioned the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR), demanding that the xenophobic violence in South Africa be officially declared a grievous violation of human rights. “The several xenophobic…

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Africa: No South Africa, Joburg Metro Police Did Not Arrest Foreigners With Stolen Traffic Lights – Old Video Recycled to Fuel Xenophobia

Africa: SA Ready to Defend Itself Against Xenophobia Charges At AU – – Lamola

Ghana has asked the African Union to address ‘xenophobic attacks’ in South Africa. Minister Ronald Lamola has welcomed the opportunity to raise broader migration issues. Ghana has asked the African Union (AU) to address “xenophobic attacks” in South Africa, as Pretoria battles to manage the continental fallout from protests and hostility towards other Africans. Ghanaian…

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Africa: South Africa Denies Xenophobia Surge As Fake Videos Fuel Diplomatic Tension Across Africa

Africa: South Africa Denies Xenophobia Surge As Fake Videos Fuel Diplomatic Tension Across Africa

PRETORIA — The government of South Africa has strongly condemned the circulation of what it termed “fake videos and images” allegedly portraying attacks on foreign nationals, as diplomatic tensions rise across several African states over concerns of xenophobic violence. Authorities in Pretoria dismissed the online content, stating that it was being misrepresented and misused to…

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Africa: Xenophobia – African Nations Threaten Retaliatory Action Against South Africa

Africa: Xenophobia – African Nations Threaten Retaliatory Action Against South Africa

Diplomatic pressure on South Africa is mounting as more African countries threaten retaliatory measures over renewed xenophobic attacks targeting foreign nationals, particularly Nigerians. While no government has officially announced a total closure of borders, threats of blockades, trade suspensions and heightened security checks are gaining traction across the region in what analysts and foreign policy…

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Africa: Xenophobia – Two Nigerians Killed in South Africa

Africa: Xenophobia – Two Nigerians Killed in South Africa

Last week, videos of violence against African migrants in South Africa circulated online. The Nigerian Consulate in Johannesburg said two Nigerians have been killed in South Africa as the attack on foreigners of African origin intensifies. The Consul-General, Ninikanwa Okey-Uche, on Monday identified the victims as Amaramiro Emmanuel and Ekpenyong Andrew. PREMIUM TIMES reports that…

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Africa: No South Africa, Joburg Metro Police Did Not Arrest Foreigners With Stolen Traffic Lights – Old Video Recycled to Fuel Xenophobia

African Group in Geneva Advocates On the Fight Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance

On the margins of the Sixtieth Session of the UN Human Rights Council, the African Group, with the support of the Permanent Delegation of the African Union, organised, on 1st October 2025, its second mobilization event in the form of a reception to galvanise support for the eradication of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related…

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