When a nation that has long styled itself as a champion of African unity finds its streets turned against African neighbors, the gap between aspiration and reality demands urgent tending. South Africa's international relations minister traveled to Accra this week carrying both an apology and an argument — that weeks of anti-immigrant violence do not define the country's true commitments, even as a Ghanaian man lies dead in Cape Town and the African Union has been asked to take notice. The visit is one stop in a broader diplomatic repair effort, one that must reconcile genuine domestic anxietie
South Africa's Lamola meets Ghana's Mahama to repair ties after xenophobic violence
Bashiru Isak, a Ghanaian national, was killed in Cape Town; multiple reports of assault and intimidation of suspected foreign nationals during anti-immigrant protests.