Ghana begins evacuation of citizens from South Africa amid anti-migrant tensions

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Ghana is evacuating its citizens from South Africa due to rising anti-immigrant tensions.

Ghana says it will evacuate around 300 of its citizens from South Africa amid growing fears over anti-immigrant protests and tensions targeting foreign nationals. Foreign Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa announced on X that President John Mahama had approved the “immediate evacuation” of Ghanaians who had sought help through the embassy in Pretoria. According to Ablakwa, […]

Topics covered

• evacuation
• anti-immigrant protests
• foreign nationals
• Ghana
• South Africa
• political tensions

Keywords

• Ghana
• South Africa
• evacuation
• anti-immigrant
• Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa
• John Mahama
• foreign nationals

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Organizations: embassy

Places: Ghana, South Africa

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