conference against racism xenophobia Mediterranean Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/conference-against-racism-xenophobia-mediterranean/ The low down on African affairs Tue, 09 Jun 2015 22:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://i0.wp.com/jjcornish.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-Fountain_Pen_favicon-812.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 conference against racism xenophobia Mediterranean Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/conference-against-racism-xenophobia-mediterranean/ 32 32 Xenophobia on AU summit https://jjcornish.com/2015/06/xenophobia-on-au-summit/ Tue, 09 Jun 2015 22:00:00 +0000 https://jjcornish.com/2015/06/xenophobia-on-au-summit/ The African Union summit in Sandton next weekend will put President Jacob Zuma on the spot explaining what his government’s doing about xeonophobic attacks in his country. However the continental organisation is at pains to to say the attacks on foreigners in Durban and Johannesburg are not the reason xenophobia finds its way onto the […]

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]]> The African Union summit in Sandton next weekend will put President Jacob Zuma on the spot explaining what his government’s doing about xeonophobic attacks in his country.
However the continental organisation is at pains to to say the attacks on foreigners in Durban and Johannesburg are not the reason xenophobia finds its way onto the summit agenda.
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African Union Secretary General Jean Mfasoni says xenophobia’s been on the African agenda for many years.
He recalls that South Africa hosted the conference against racism and xenophobia in Durban 14 years ago.
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Mfasoni says head of state will also seek practical solutions to migration following the deaths of nearly 2 000 people crossing the Mediterranean Sea from Africa this year.

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