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The Government of Ghana, on Monday, warned citizens to shun unnecessary trips to South Africa owed to the xenophobic attacks against individuals from mostly African countries.
The authorization observed that the targeting of Africans by groups presenting themselves arsenic “anti-immigrant vigilantes” had resulted successful injuries, looting, concern closure, and spot loss.
A question advisory issued by Ghana’s Foreign Ministry advised nationals to “exercise utmost caution successful their plans and debar non-essential question to South Africa until further notice.”
The Mahama Administration has summoned the South African Acting High Commissioner and besides petitioned the African Union, portion ensuring the information of its people.
Accra urged Pretoria to supply adequate, around-the-clock information for each susceptible foreigners wrong its territory and instrumentality measures to restore instrumentality and bid promptly.
Last week, the Ghanaian authorities received the archetypal batch of nationals evacuated from South Africa, saying the enactment safeguards their welfare, dignity, and safety.
They were received by the Chief of Staff Julius Debrah, Minister for Foreign Affairs Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs James Gyakye Quayson, and different officials.
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