{"id":36808,"date":"2026-06-11T15:14:26","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T13:14:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=36808"},"modified":"2026-06-11T15:14:26","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T13:14:26","slug":"ghana-sa-relations-tested-by-evacuation","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/ghana-sa-relations-tested-by-evacuation\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana, SA relations tested by evacuation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">Relations between Ghana and South Africa (SA) appear to be strained, as Ghana evacuates hundreds of its citizens from SA.<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\" dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">This comes after the reports of xenophobic violence, intimidation, and anti-immigrant protests.<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\" dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">The move has triggered a war of words between the two countries&#8217; foreign affairs ministers.<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\" dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">Meanwhile, Ghana&#8217;s Member of Parliament for\u00a0Okaikwei\u00a0Central, Patrick Yaw\u00a0Boamah, has called for an urgent briefing from Foreign Affairs Minister Samuel\u00a0Okudzeto\u00a0Ablakwa\u00a0on the safety of Ghanaians and the planned evacuation process.<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\" dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">&#8211;Channel Africa&#8211;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":35087,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[78,26],"class_list":["post-36808","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-featured","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"","published_date":"","news_description":"Relations between Ghana and SA appear to be strained","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/36808","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/36808\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36811,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/36808\/revisions\/36811"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35087"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=36808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}