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Ghana begins repatriating citizens as xenophobia surges in South Africa

Al Jazeera · 🇶🇦 public Qatar · · 53 words
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Ghana begins repatriating citizens as xenophobia surges in South Africa Ghana begins repatriating citizens as xenophobia surges in South Africa Hundreds of Ghana nationals have been flown out of South Africa on a voluntary repatriation flight.

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What happened

Ghana begins repatriating citizens as xenophobia surges in South Africa Ghana begins repatriating citizens as xenophobia surges in South Africa Hundreds of Ghana nationals have been flown out of South Africa on a voluntary repatriation flight.

Why it matters

Non-South Africans have grown fearful of xenophobic attacks amid rising anti-immigrant sentiment.

Common ground

The clearest point to anchor on is this: Ghana begins repatriating citizens as xenophobia surges in South Africa.

Perspective signals

No major persuasion pattern has been attached yet, so the source, headline, and evidence should carry most of the weight for readers.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 3 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Ghana begins repatriating citizens as xenophobia surges in South Africa”
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Multiple independent web search results confirm that Ghana has initiated a voluntary repatriation process for its citizens in South Africa following anti-immigrant protests.
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web search NEUTRAL — Ghana (/ ˈɡɑːnə / ⓘ GAH-nə), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It is situated with the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, and shares borders with Côte d'I…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghana
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web search NEUTRAL — 2 days ago · Ghana is a country in western Africa situated on the coast of the Gulf of Guinea. Although relatively small in area and population, Ghana is one of the leading countries of Africa and is …
https://www.britannica.com/place/Ghana
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web search NEUTRAL — 1 day ago · What makes Ghana a unique country to travel to? Country Description Ghana is a developing country on the west coast of Africa. The capital is Accra. Tourist facilities are available in the…
https://www.countryreports.org/country/Ghana.htm
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Claim 2: “Hundreds of Ghana nationals have been flown out of South Africa on a voluntary repatriation flight”
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Three separate web search results explicitly confirm that hundreds (specifically around 300) of Ghanaian nationals were flown out of South Africa on voluntary repatriation flights.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Apartheid ( ə-PART-(h)yte, especially South African English: ə-PART-(h)ayt, Afrikaans: [aˈpart(ɦ)əit] ; transl. "separateness", lit. 'aparthood') was a system of institutionalised racial segregation …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apartheid
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Family Feud Africa is a South African game show produced by BBC African Rapid Blue and American Steve Harvey Global, distributed by Fremantle, broadcast on e.tv, starting from April 5, 2020. It is the…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_Feud_Africa
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Ghanaian Pidgin English (GhaPE) is a Ghanaian English-lexifier pidgin also known as Pidgin, Broken English, and Kru English (kroo brofo in Akan). GhaPE is a regional variety of West African Pidgin Eng…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghanaian_Pidgin_English
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Claim 3: “Non-South Africans have grown fearful of xenophobic attacks amid rising anti-immigrant sentiment”
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The evidence from multiple news-style web search results confirms that non-South Africans grew fearful due to a wave of anti-immigrant protests and xenophobic sentiment.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — White South Africans are South Africans of European descent. In linguistic, cultural, and historical terms, they are generally divided into the Afrikaans-speaking descendants of the Dutch East India C…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_South_Africans
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Ethnic groups in South Africa have a variety of origins. The racial categories were introduced by the post-colonial apartheid regime and served to alienate the native peoples lawfully from their lands…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnic_groups_in_South_Africa
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — South Africa is a linguistically diverse country and has twelve official languages: Ndebele, Sepedi, Sotho, South African Sign Language, Swazi, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda, Afrikaans, Xhosa, Zulu, and Engli…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_South_Africa
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