They say violence and discrimination has risen under the guise of a recent protest movement known as Operation Dudula.

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This led to migrant-owned homes and businesses being set ablaze and some foreign nationals being murdered.

The UN experts warn that xenophobic mobilisation has become the central campaign strategy for some political parties.

They accuse senior government officials of fanning the flames of violence with anti-migrant discourse.

Burna Boy has been a major topic in the SA entertainment industry this past year.

This is mainly because of the rather controversial comments he made after the xenophobic incidents that occurred in the country this year.

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The Afro-beats star even went as far as threatening his early collaborator AKA, saying he should have security the next time they met.

Burna Boy swore never to step foot in South Africa ever again but then backtracked on his comments by accepting to perform at the ‘Africans Unite’ concert being held in Pretoria.

It appears as though this may not happen although no official statements have been made yet.

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Apparently, some other artists booked for the event are refusing to perform at the concert alongside Burna because of his threats towards AKA.

One of the representatives of the Tshwane Entertainment Collective spoke on ENCA where he revealed that some artists do not want to perform alongside Burna Boy because of the threats he made towards AKA.

Earlier, Sonnie Badu shared a post claiming some bad Nigerians have taken advantage of the xenophobic happenings in South Africa and Nigeria to further attack Chinese and other nationals residing in their country.

He explained that gesture wouldn’t move the continent forward, hence Nigerians should refrain from playing a tit-for-tat game with it.

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But, according to some Nigerians who commented under his post, Sonnie Badu is not speaking the truth, hence needs to verify before spreading info on his Facebook post.

One Nigerian, Dare Akande told Sonnie that he is only spreading “fake news”. Adding that, “you sing Nigeria song made money from it and you now have the gut to spread fake news about our country. Just face your praise & worship business and ask for forgiveness. And get some haircut too, that might help your discerning spirit.”

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Another, Ayiba Amadu, who felt disrespected said he couldn’t fathom why Sonnie Badu was silent when South Africans started the attacks.

He said, “Sunday MINISTER SONNIE BADU, You are wrong, very wrong, I’m beginning to feel you have some sentiment against Nigeria, when SA started it, you were mute, all of a sudden you’ve found your voice and you’re even adding seasoning to your lies here.”

Some of the comments under his post:

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Reports of attacks by some South Africans on other nationals began a few days ago with businesses owned by foreigners being destroyed while videos of people being burnt alive inundated social media.

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Nigerian entertainment industry players such as Mr Eazi, Banky W, Peter Okoye of Psquare fame and others have all, through their social media handles, expressed their displeasure against the gruesome acts.

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Tiwa Savage, commenting on the situation, said, “I refuse to watch the barbaric butchering of my people in SA. This is SICK. For this reason I will NOT be performing at the upcoming DSTV delicious Festival in Johannesburg on the 21st of September. My prayers are with all the victims and families affected by this.”

Tiwa added that, she isn’t rooting for only Nigerians but Africans as a whole.

Source: Adomonline.com | Dennis K. Adu

The threats emanated from an unidentified group in the area which is fiercely opposed to all government workers who are not natives of the district.

On Tuesday 14 March, a letter written by the group calling itself Concerned Youth of Banda said: “This is to inform all strangers working in this community/school that we are not ready to stay peacefully with you in this community. If you do not leave this district, then we cannot guarantee your safety here.

The letter continued that “What is happening to strangers in South Africa will happen to you or what happened in Faith School in 2016 will repeat itself. We cannot sit down for you to take our job opportunities from us.”

Schools and health facilities have been closed; whiles teachers and health workers have fled the town for safety following letters written by the group.

To demonstrate their innocence, the youth invoked curses on the faceless people behind the letter

A member of the Youth Committee, Tofak Williams told Adom News they have been forced to rain curses on them because their lives are at risk.

“We have nothing against anyone in this town and so we don’t know why some people should just write letters of threat to people working there. We don’t know them and so we have cursed them to die and not threaten our lives anymore” he said.

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Meanwhile, the Wenchi Divisional Police Commander, ACP Sebastian Atsu Wemegah, said police personnel have been deployed to Banda Ahenkro to avert any possible attacks.

SOURCE: Ghana/Adom News/Maame Esi Nyamekye Thompson