South Africa accuses Ghana of coordinated misinformation campaign amid xenophobia row

A diplomatic quarrel between Accra and Pretoria has burst into the open, with the South African Presidency publicly accusing Ghana, alongside Nigeria, of running a sustained misinformation campaign designed to portray South Africa as a pariah state over its handling of anti-illegal immigration protests. The allegation, delivered by Presidential spokesperson Vincent Magwenya at a briefing at the Union Buildings in Pretoria, marks an unusually direct escalation between two countries that have long described themselves as strategic partners in West and Southern Africa.