Government spends GH¢49.7m on South Africa evacuation

‎Ghana had also taken the matter to the continental level, with the government formally petitioning the African Union Commission on May 6 to place xenophobic attacks against African nationals in South Africa on the agenda as an urgent continental concern.‎He said Ghana’s High Commission in Pretoria had formally lodged a protest with South Africa’s Department of International Relations and Cooperation and filed a complaint with the South African Police Service in connection with Mr Issahaq’s death.

Samuel Okudzeto-Ablakwa The Ghana government spent GH¢49,721,786 to evacuate 1,964 Ghanaians from South Africa following xenophobic attacks.