Author Archives: larryehu

WAFA 3-0 AshGold – Academy Boys top the table

WAFA SC climbed to the top of the Ghana Premier League for the first time in their history after thumping AshantiGold 3-0 at home on Wednesday. The Academy Boys had to dig deep to break the defensive strategy adopted by the Miners who are in the relegation mire. Teenagaer Prince Obeng Ampem rose home to head in Abdul Wahab Ibrahim’s ...

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African migrants in South Africa are in fear for their lives—again

Once again, there are signs of growing xenophobia in South Africa. Despite the lives lost in previous waves of violence, the country has still not learned this painful lesson. It’s a familiar escalating narrative: vigilante groups accuses foreign migrants of local crime and go on attack, the government blames “criminal elements,” the public marches against xenophobia, and little more is ...

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SOUTH AFRICA: XENOPHOBIC ATTACKS PROMPT ANGRY BACKLASH IN NIGERIA

A series of xenophobic attacks on foreigners in South Africa have provoked an angry response in Nigeria, where protesters ransacked the offices of a South African telecoms giant Thursday. A spokesman for South African mobile phone firm MTN said that protesters in the Nigerian capital of Abuja had “vandalized equipment, stole customer phones and iPads” and attacked MTN customers at ...

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