The Chairman of ECOWAS Heads of State and Government President John Mahama has condemned the “barbaric, criminal and xenophobic” murder of innocent African foreigners in South Africa, urging the South African Government to act quickly to stop the increasing wave of attacks across its country.
[contextly_sidebar id=”e3DHWWnGk8Inf7pRfSMSdkpRwvK56XMJ”]An ECOWAS statement signed by the Chair of the Authority, President John Dramani Mahama also condemned the individual South Africans involved in the act.
The West African body described as a “pity,” the fact that the very people, whose nations sacrificed to help South Africans fight, repel and defeat apartheid, will today be considered aliens and hacked to death in such barbaric manners.
One Ghanaian, Emmanuel Quarcoo was found dead on a street with head injuries and is said to have died as a result of the attacks.
“We welcome the statement of our brother, President Jacob Zuma, and his assurances of a peaceful resolution, but we request for an urgent national action plan, backed by a behavioral change campaign against xenophobia in South Africa,” the statement added.
Violent attacks against foreign nationals have been continuing in Durban, South Africa.
Two weeks ago locals began attacking and looting properties owned by fellow Africans, in the wake of alleged comments by Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini telling migrants to go home – although he says he was mistranslated.
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By: citifmonline.com/Ghana