Ghana Delays Evacuation of 800 Citizens From South Africa over Logistical Arrangements
The relief includes a welcome-home payment, transport help and psychosocial support for Ghanaians returning from South Africa, officials said.
- The Ghanaian government announced a relief package for citizens evacuated from South Africa, offering financial aid, transportation assistance, reintegration allowances, and job opportunities following its commitment to repatriate 300 nationals affected by recent protests.
- Anti-Immigration protests turned violent on Tuesday in the Durban CBD, where police fired rubber bullets to disperse about 300 foreign nationals outside the Durban Central Police Station, leaving three people injured.
- The South African Human Rights Commission called footage of the violence "deeply alarming," stating, "These incidents threaten South Africa's constitutional values of ubuntu, dignity, equality, and the rule of law."
- Nigeria also outlined plans to repatriate citizens, with Foreign Minister Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu reporting 130 people indicated interest in voluntary repatriation and warning that "Nigerian lives and businesses in SA must not continue to be put at risk."
- Xenophobic incidents have persisted in recent years across KwaZulu-Natal, Gauteng, and the Eastern Cape; the Ghanaian government wrote to the African Union, noting incidents "have regrettably resulted in the loss of lives, destruction of investment.
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Ghana Postpones Citizens' Evacuation from South Africa
The Ghanaian Government has postponed the evacuation of its nationals from South Africa, which was initially scheduled to commence today. The West African country had announced that a special chartered flight would depart O.R. Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg at 5 a.m. on Thursday, but in a statement shared on X on Thursday morning, the country’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, announced that the evacuation woul…
Ghana starts 'evacuation' of citizens from SA as xenophobic threats intensify
By Charmaine Ndlela The Government of Ghana was due on Thursday to evacuate the first batch of 300 Ghanaian nationals from South Africa amid growing safety concerns linked to recent anti-immigration protests and threats against foreign nationals. Ghana’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, announced on X that the evacuees would depart from OR Tambo International Airport on a specially chartered flight. According to Ablakwa, the…
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