Lawmaker Agbese writes Pan-African Parliament, demands action over xenophobic attacks in South Africa

The spokesman of Nigeria’s House of Representatives, Philip Agbese, has called on the Pan-African Parliament (PAP) and the African Union (AU) to take urgent and decisive action against recurring xenophobic attacks targeting African migrants and foreign nationals in South Africa.
In a strongly worded letter addressed to the President of the Pan-African Parliament in Johannesburg, South Africa, Agbese described the attacks as a direct assault on the ideals of Pan-Africanism, African unity, human dignity and continental integration.
The lawmaker, who serves as a member of Nigeria’s delegation to the Pan-African Parliament, expressed concern over what he described as repeated incidents of...