A Non-Governmental Organisation, NGO, ActionAid Nigeria has called on African governments and the African Union to speak with one voice and take the necessary steps toward finding a lasting solution to xenophobia on the continent.
The organisation made the call in a statement by its communications Coordinator, Nihinlola Ayanda, in Abuja.
The statement quoted its Country Director Ene Obi as saying that the attacks, which had caused rage, loss of lives, and loss of livelihoods on the African Continent were uncalled for.
She blamed the menace on unemployment, poverty, widening gap of inequality, little investment in human capital development and lack of investment in the youths across the continent.
Obi added that the fight against poverty in Africa
required a united policy front between African governments and a strong
relationship between and within the people on the continent.
