Ghana summons South African envoy over xenophobic incidents

Ghana summoned South Africa’s envoy to the country on Thursday over several “xenophobic incidents,” including one in which a legal Ghanaian immigrant was asked to return home and “fix his country.”

Videos online have circulated in recent days showing Ghanaians and other immigrants being harassed in South Africa.

Ghanaian Foreign Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa described the incidents as “extremely disturbing xenophobic attacks.”

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