Africa

Nigeria Rebukes South Africa Over Attacks Against Its Citizens

Anti-immigration protesters in Yeoville, Johannesburg, on April 30.

Photographer: Wikus De Wet/AFP/Getty Images

Nigeria’s foreign ministry summoned South Africa’s envoy to complain about xenophobic attacks against its citizens, weeks after a similar complaint was lodged by Ghana.

The ministry called the meeting to convey “profound concern regarding recent events that have the potential to impact the established cordial relations between Nigeria and South Africa,” it said in a statement posted on X on Monday.