South Africa: Tinubu Takes Fight Against Xenophobic, Afrophobic Attacks By South Africa to AU

The president called on the AU to place the matter on the agenda of the 40th Ordinary Session of the Assembly scheduled for January 2027, while urging African leaders to reaffirm their commitment to the safety, protection and dignity of all African nationals."While recognising South Africa's sovereign right to enforce its immigration laws and acknowledging its contributions to the continent, Nigeria stresses that such attacks undermine African solidarity, unity and peaceful coexistence, and require urgent collective attention.

President Bola Tinubu on Sunday formally lodged a complaint against the recurring xenophobic and Afrophobic attacks against Africans and other nationals in South Africa to the African Union (AU), warning that the incidents undermine the continent's solidarity, unity and peaceful coexistence.