Following the repatriation of hundreds of Ghanaians due to recent anti-immigrant protests in South Africa, Ghana has postponed South African President Cyril Ramaphosa's scheduled official visit.
It was expected that the visit, which was set for the first week of August, would provide both nations with a chance to defuse escalating diplomatic tensions.
But concerns that Ramaphosa's visit would provoke large-scale mass protests grew in Ghana.
Felix Kwakye Ofosu, a spokesman for the Ghanaian administration, revealed that the trip had been postponed in an interview with the BBC on Tuesday.
''We sent them a communication indicating that it would be best to defer the visit in view of the present climate around xenophobia," he stated.
