Evacuation of 300 Ghanaians from South Africa ‘no show’: Ablakwa gives reasons

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs had planned to evacuate more than 300 Ghanaians from South Africa to Ghana today due to xenophobic attacks in that country against Ghanaians and other African nationals.

Per the plan, the flight was supposed to have departed the OR Tambo Airport in Johannesburg at 5 am today.

However, reports suggest that only one person out of the over 300 showed up at the airport. [Watch the attached video below].

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The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has been explaining why there was no show.

He posted the following on social media today:

• Update on Evacuation from South Africa.
• More than 800 Ghanaians have registered to be evacuated;
• Senior Government Officials on both sides engaging on South African legal conditions, passenger screening, managing the high numbers and multi-institutional coordination as we work on a new date for the evacuation.