Africa: Xenophobia - Nigerian Activist Shelves Speaking Engagement in South Africa

4 September 2019

  1. An environmental activist, Nnimmo Bassey, has joined Nigerians pulling out from their upcoming engagements in South Africa in solidarity with victims of the ongoing xenophobic attacks targeted at Nigerians and other Africans in that country.

In a statement Wednesday, Mr Bassey, the Director of Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF), said he has cancelled his speaking engagement at a conference tagged Financing the Future, which was scheduled to hold on September 10-11 in Cape Town.

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