Nigeria urges AU action over xenophobic, Afrophobic attacks in South Africa

Nigeria has called on the African Union to take stronger action against what it describes as recurring xenophobic and Afrophobic attacks targeting Africans and other foreign nationals in South Africa. Speaking on behalf of President Bola Tinubu at the African Union Extraordinary Session in Luanda, Angola, Vice President Kashim Shettima said the attacks undermine African solidarity, unity and peaceful coexistence. He, however, acknowledged South Africa’s sovereign right to enforce its…