Ghana on Tuesday said a visit between President John Mahama and counterpart Cyril Ramaphosa had been postponed amid anti-immigrant violence in South Africa.
Accra and Pretoria have been at diplomatic loggerheads over a wave of protests, some of them violent, against foreigners in South Africa, where Ramaphosa is president.
A meeting of the two leaders in Ghana slated for August has been postponed, Ghanaian communications minister Felix Kwakye Ofosu told radio broadcaster Joy FM, saying Accra was worried the ongoing protests would disrupt the planned agenda.
In a further round of diplomatic confusion, however, the countries disputed the exact nature of the event and why it was cancelled.
Accra described it Tuesday as a “state visit”.
