Ghana Petitions AU to Examine Xenophobic Attacks in South Africa

Ghana escalated a complaint over attacks on its citizens in South Africa, urging the African Union to weigh in after a spate of anti-foreigner protests fanned fears of xenophobic violence.

The move steps up diplomatic pressure on Pretoria, which is trying to calm concerns on the continent that South Africa could suffer another spasm of the violence that has periodically terrorized its immigrant communities.