Tinubu Calls on African Leaders to Unite Against South Africa Xenophobic Attacks on Nigerians
Nigeria has evacuated 1,490 of its citizens from South Africa in seven batches. President Tinubu is now asking African leaders to say, together and clearly, that this should not be happening. At the 69th Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government held on Sunday in Freetown, Sierra Leone, President Bola Tinubu, represented by Vice President Kashim Shettima, called on African leaders to issue a united condemnation of the ongoing attacks on Nigerians and other African nationals in South Africa. He also urged that the matter be formally tabled before the next session of the African Union's Authority of Heads of State. "Nigeria condemns, in the strongest terms, the recent attacks on its citizens and other Africans in the Republic of South Africa. As already stated by His Excellency, the President of Ghana, ECOWAS should present a united voice in this condemnation and table the matter before the next session of the Authority of Heads of State and Gov...
