{"id":45372,"date":"2026-09-14T07:47:37","date_gmt":"2026-09-14T05:47:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=45372"},"modified":"2026-09-14T07:50:53","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T05:50:53","slug":"nigeria-boycotts-commonwealth-parliamentary-summit-in-sa","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/nigeria-boycotts-commonwealth-parliamentary-summit-in-sa\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria boycotts Commonwealth Parliamentary Summit in SA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nigeria is boycotting the 69th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference currently underway in Cape Town, following a decision by the Nigerian National Assembly to freeze all official visits to South Africa (SA) amidst mounting diplomatic strain.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The diplomatic boycott comes as anti-illegal migration tensions rise across SA, alongside anger over the recent deaths of two Nigerian nationals under troubling circumstances in Gauteng and the Western Cape.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The high-profile gathering has drawn roughly 800 parliamentarians from across the Commonwealth to deliberate on democratic governance, sustainable development, and economic inclusion.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Addressing the boycott, Parliamentary Spokesperson Moloto Mothapo stated that organisers have received no formal communication from Abuja regarding a withdrawal. &#8220;We can tell you that we have not received any correspondence from any of those parliaments that any of them will not be participating,&#8221; Mothapo said. &#8220;So as far as we are concerned, our arrangements are at an advanced stage. We are ready with the conference and we are satisfied with all the confirmations that we have received.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":45373,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[78,26],"class_list":["post-45372","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-featured","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Rising tensions prompt Nigerian boycott of SA Commonwealth Summit","published_date":"2026-09-14 07:38:17","news_description":"Rising tensions prompt Nigerian boycott of SA Commonwealth Summit","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/45372","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\/45372\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45374,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/45372\/revisions\/45374"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45373"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=45372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}