Xenophobic Attacks: Nigeria Boycotts WEF As Buhari, Osinbajo Meet - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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September 4, 2019
Nigeria has boycotted the World Economic Forum, WEF on Africa 2019 taking Cape Town, South Africa following Xenophobic attacks against its citizens in the last one week.
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TheForum, which kicked off on Wednesday, had no Nigerian delegation in attendance.
OtherAfrican countries also joined Nigeria in boycotting the event.
Someof the other African countries that have pulled out of WEF are Rwanda, Malawiand DR Congo.
Asat the time of filing this report, President Muhammadu Buhari and VicePresident Yemi Osinbajo were meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs,Geoffrey Onyeama to discuss next step on Xenophobic attacks against Nigeriansin South Africa.
Theyare exploring possible options, including sanctions against the South Africangovernment.
Thegovernment is also deliberating over possible actions from within after someNigerians carried out reprisal attacks against South African businesses inNigeria, including attacks on one of Africa’s largest food retailer, Shopriteand telecoms giant, MTN, forcing the organisations to scale down operations.