A fresh diplomatic spat has erupted between Ghana and South Africa in connection with the killing of a migrant in Cape Town's Khayelitsha township earlier this week.
The South African government on Thursday said the death was not linked to the anti-immigrant protests held in the country earlier this week.
The statement came after Ghana's Foreign Ministry on Wednesday said its national Bashiru Isak, 40, was shot and killed during the demonstrations.
Ghana said it had formally registered its protest to Pretoria.
In its statement, Accra also condemned what it said was the "rising tide of xenophobia targeting African nationals, including Ghanaians, in South Africa."
