Ghana has announced it will evacuate 300 of its citizens from South Africa, following a spate of xenophobic incidents and protests against immigration across the country in recent weeks. Ghana’s Foreign Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa said on Tuesday that President John Dramani Mahama had approved the operation. “These distressed Ghanaians had earlier complied with the…
Across major cities, political entrepreneurs like Jacinta Ngobese-Zuma and Zandile Dabula are staging increasingly bold anti-migrant marches, with little pushback from authorities. As António Guterres condemns the surge in threats and violence, South Africa faces mounting pressure to act before rhetoric turns fully combustible. City by city, South Africa’s two leading anti-foreigner figures – media-facing…
The Minority Caucus on Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee has called for urgent and decisive action following recent xenophobic attacks on Ghanaians living in South Africa. In a statement issued in Accra on April 29, the caucus expressed concern about what it described as a growing pattern of violence against foreign nationals, including Ghanaians, in areas…
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has called on African leaders to strongly condemn the recurring xenophobic attacks against West African nationals in South Africa, particularly Ghanaians. He said the incidents undermined the core values of Pan-Africanism and urged immediate and decisive steps to halt the attacks and safeguard the rights and…
Former opposition Citizens Coalition for Change leader Nelson Chamisa has condemned the recent wave of xenophobic attacks in South Africa calling them “deeply regrettable” and “wholly unacceptable”. In a statement, Chamisa urged African nations to unite in tackling common challenges saying violence against foreign nationals threatened regional solidarity. “While we recognise the pressures faced by…
