President Cyril Ramaphosa says attacks against foreigners are totally unacceptable.

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has  sent a special envoy to his  to South African counterpart Cyril Ramaphosa to express concern about the xenophobic attacks.

South African businesses in Lagos have been attacked by youths in retaliation for attacks on Nigerians in South Africa.

Zambia’s called off a friendly football match against Bafana Bafana and urged Zambian truck drivers to avoid travelling on South African roads white foreign lorry drivers are being attacked.

Ethiopia has advised its nations in South Africa to close their  businesses during the violence and avoid wearing expensive jewellery.

AU Commission head Moussa Faki has condemned violence against foreigners in South Africa.

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The top officials of these two bodies accept in a communique after meeting in New York that there could be a  military presence in a transitional authority.

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres and AU Commission President Moussa Faki met at the third UN AU annual conference at UN headquarters in New York.

They reviewed progress towards establishing a civilian government in Sudan.

That country has a 60-day deadline to achieve this or face exclusion from the AU.

Faki and Guterres say they’re supporting a civilian-led mediation group proposing a ten-person transitional team that includes three generals.

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At least five other heads of government will join deliberations on Africa’s two most troubling issues.

It’s in his capacity as rotating chair of the African Union that Egypt’s President Abdelfattah El Sisi has called the summits.

AU commission chair Moussa Faki will be there along with the Presidents of Chad, Djibouti, Rwanda, DRC and Somalia.

Five more African countries are sending foreign ministers or special advisers.

On Sudan they’ll consider how best to back stability and peace following the coup ousting Omar Al Bashir easier this month.

With rebel-led fighting around Tripoli, the African leaders will seek ways of dealing with the Libyan crisis and eradicate the terrorism fueling the conflict.

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The new leadership insists it won’t extradite deposed president Omar El Bashir to the International Criminal Court but says he may stand trial in Sudan.

African Union Commission head Moussa Faki says the unconstitutional removal of Sudanese President Omar Al Bashir is inappropriate.

He cites the 19-year-old Lomè declaration excluding from workings of the continental body any government that has seized power unconstitutionally.

United Nations Security Council members have been briefed on developments as the world powerhouse prepares to get involved in Sudan.

The military council, facing defiance from pro-democracy activists. says its only concern is public order.

It says it may not stay in power for a full two-year-term if the transition to civilian rule goes smoothly. 

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South Africa’s not on his list,  marking it’s fall from the country with the most advanced relations with Washington to one of those most likely to vote against the US at the United Nations.

The State Department tweets show a  common thread through Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s calls to Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari, Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta, African Union Commission head Moussa Faki Mahmat and Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmet.

It stresses longstanding relations and US eagerness to help in advancing security, stability and democracy.

South Africa, which once had a binational commission with Washington that put members of the two administrations on first name terms has clearly fallen from that status.  

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It will allow access for humanitarian aid to civilians caught in the four years of fighting and free abducted women and children.

The ceasefire’s been hailed by African Union Commission head Moussa Faki and by the governments of Britain, Norway and the United States who are supporting South Sudanese peace efforts by the regional grouping IGAD.

The fighting has killed thousands and displaced millions.

Just this week hundreds of South Sudanese fled into the Democratic Republic of Congo when they were caught up in  government forces chasing rebels from their headquarters in Lasu town.

A ceasefire agreed in 2015 broke down within a year.

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