29/07/2026
AFRICA IS BLEEDING FROM SELF-INFLICTED WOUNDS.
For decades, African politicians have perfected one strategy: when they fail the people, they give the people someone else to blame.
In 1969, Ghana expelled thousands of undocumented migrants, including many Nigerians.
In 1983, Nigeria retaliated by expelling over a million undocumented migrants, many of them Ghanaians. The scars of that decision still live on in the phrase "Ghana Must Go."
Today, South Africa continues to witness recurring waves of xenophobia, intimidation, and violence directed at African migrants. Businesses are destroyed, livelihoods are wiped out, innocent people live in fear, and communities are torn apart.
Meanwhile, the real issues—corruption, unemployment, poor governance, inequality, crime, failing public services, and economic mismanagement—remain largely unresolved.
The question every African should ask is simple:
Who benefits when Africans are fighting Africans?
Certainly not the struggling mother trying to feed her children.
Not the young graduate searching for work.
Not the small business owner trying to survive.
History has shown that when leaders fail, it is often ordinary people who pay the price—and too often, they are encouraged to turn their anger on one another instead of demanding accountability from those in power.
Africa cannot build a prosperous future while Africans are hunted, hated, or treated as enemies simply because they were born on the other side of an artificial border.
Enough is enough.
Reject xenophobia. Defend justice. Demand accountability. Stand for the rule of law. Refuse to become a weapon against your fellow African.
If Africa is ever to rise, Africans must stop fighting Africans.