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South Africa xenophobic attacks in AU debate

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In late July 2026, Ghana’s President John Mahama urged the African Union to place South Africa’s wave of xenophobic violence on its agenda, highlighting the citing dozens of deaths, the displacement of over 160,000 migrants, migrants and an ICC petition filed by two Ghanaians. He indicated that said the AU Commission chair had agreed pledged to discuss raise the issue at the summit scheduled for February 2027. 2027 summit. A week later, later Ghana formally requested that asked the AU’s AU Executive Council to devote the October mid‑year coordination meeting to the same violence. South Africa’s foreign minister Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Ronald Lamola opposed singling out rejected the country, request, arguing for that the continent should discuss migration in a broader continental migration discussion. context. The council voted to reject rejected Ghana’s proposal, meaning opting instead for a wide‑ranging debate on migration drivers, and the topic will not appear on the October agenda, though Mahama reiterated that it remains slated for the February 2027 summit. At the 29 July Executive Council meeting in Addis Ababa, Ghana’s request was again turned down, with Lamola emphasizing a continent‑wide migration discussion. Ghana has repatriated several hundred of its citizens and plans to evacuate about 1,000 more. Mahama secured a commitment from AU Commission Chair Mahmoud Ali Youssouf to raise the issue at the February summit, and Sierra Leone’s foreign minister also called for its inclusion. The diplomatic row has strained Ghana‑South Africa relations, leading to the postponement of a planned state visit by President Cyril Ramaphosa to Ghana, though both sides say the delay is unrelated to the xenophobia issue.

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