Across Africa and the wider world, migration has become one of the defining issues of our time. It is driven by war, unemployment, economic inequality, political instability, climate pressures, and the natural human desire for a better life. Yet while migration itself is not new, the tensions surrounding it are becoming more dangerous and politically…
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…
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…
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…
As the number of xenophobic attacks rises, Mozambique is expected to become the latest African country to complain to Pretoria about the alleged mistreatment of its citizens. Already, Nigeria and Ghana have raised the issue with the South African government. The rising tide of xenophobia is embarrassing South Africa as African countries are formally complaining…
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…
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…
