Nigeria and Ghana have agreed to pursue coordinated action to address the resurgence of xenophobic attacks against African nationals across the continent.
This comes amidst diplomatic tension between South Africa and many Sub-Saharan African countries caused by a recent wave of xenophobic violence. PREMIUM TIMES has extensively reported the intimidation and harassment of African foreigners by South African nationals.
Nigeria and Ghana reached their agreement during a meeting on the sidelines of the ECOWAS Mid-Year Summit in Freetown, Sierra Leone, on Friday.
Nigeria’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Sola Enikanolaiye, met with Ghana’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Samuel Ablakwa, to discuss the recent attacks on African migrants in South Africa and the implications of the xenophobic violence on Pan-Africanism.
The Nigerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in a statement issued after the meeting, disclosed that the diplomats condemned xenophobia, Afrophobia and all forms of violence against fellow Africans.
