Ghana confirms first citizen killed in South Africa's xenophobic violence, demands justice
Bashiru Isak, a 40-year-old Ghanaian national, was shot dead in Khayelitsha, Cape Town, on Monday during demonstrations tied to a nationwide anti-immigrant campaign. Ghana's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in a statement issued Wednesday, called the killing "a senseless act of violence" and pointed to a rising tide of xenophobia targeting African nationals in South Africa.
The Ghana High Commission in Pretoria has registered a formal protest with South Africa's Department of International Relations and Cooperation and filed a criminal complaint with the South African Police Service. Isak's identity has been confirmed, his family notified, and an autopsy has been carried out at Ghana's request. The Foreign Ministry is arranging repatriation of his body for burial in Ghana and is pressing for "a full, transparent and expedited investigation" leading to arrests and prosecution. The ministry has also renewed a standing petition before the African Union Commission on xenophobic violence against African nationals in South Africa. Isak's death is the latest confirmed fatality in weeks of unrest that has already claimed lives from several African countries, with Al Jazeera reporting at least two Mozambicans and an Ethiopian among the victims.
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Ghana has confirmed the death of one of its citizens amidst escalating xenophobic violence in South Africa, prompting a strong diplomatic response.
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