Xenophobia: Nigeria follows Ghana’s footsteps, reports South Africa to AU

Ghana's President John Dramani Mahama, South African female activist Victoria Africa, popularly known as Queen Vee and Ghana’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa Nigeria’s latest intervention follows Ghana’s diplomatic action in May 2026, when the government formally petitioned the AU to discuss recurring xenophobic attacks against African nationals in South Africa.

Nigeria has followed Ghana’s footsteps by formally reporting recurring xenophobic and Afrophobic attacks against Africans and other nationals in South Africa to the African Union (AU), calling for urgent collective action.“While recognising South Africa’s sovereign right to enforce its immigration laws and acknowledging its contributions to the continent, Nigeria stresses that such attacks undermine African solidarity, unity and peaceful coexistence, and require urgent collective attention,” President Tinubu said.