Following repeated attacks on foreign nationals in South Africa, particularly Nigerians and the burning and looting of their businesses, the President
Following repeated attacks on foreign nationals in South Africa, particularly Nigerians and the burning and looting of their businesses, the Presidents of Rwanda (Paul Kagame), Democratic Republic of Congo (Félix Tshisekedi) and Malawi (Peter Mutharika) are registering their displeasure at the xenophobic attacks on foreign nationals in South Africa. They have therefore decided not to attend this year’s World Economic Forum, for Africa which will take place in Cape Town, South Africa.
It is not clear if President Muhammadu Buhari would still attend as he is yet to make his stance known.
An African based forum, World Economic Forum is an independent and impartial International Organization for Public-Private Cooperation. Its annual meeting is the only yearly gathering that brings together leaders of global society and which aims to be open and inclusive.
Slated to hold between September 4th and September 6th 2019, this year’s 28th edition aims to tackle the main geopolitical, climate change and county financial issues altering Africa’s self-empowerment and development by focusing on how to scale up the transformation of regional architecture related to institutions, infrastructure, integration, industrialization and innovation.
Similarly, the Zambian football national team has also cancelled its soccer friendly match with Bafana Bafana in Lusaka, this coming weekend, also on the heels of the recent xenophobic attack going on in South Africa.
