{"id":128918,"date":"2026-07-26T06:23:56","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T06:23:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tv.guardian.ng\/?p=128918"},"modified":"2026-07-26T06:23:56","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T06:23:56","slug":"icc-asked-to-look-into-xenophobic-violence-in-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/icc-asked-to-look-into-xenophobic-violence-in-south-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"ICC asked to look into xenophobic violence in South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"dailymotion-player\"><script src=\"https:\/\/geo.dailymotion.com\/player\/x1ee8e.js\" data-video=\"k2H3aFe2KC59uCI8c4u\"><\/script><\/div><br><br><p>\nGhanaian nationals submit request to the ICC calling for an investigation into months of Xenophobic violence against migrants in South Africa. Also, around 20 people die in AFD attack in Eastern DRC as the Islamic state affiliated group steps up attacks. And Coconut trees, once a common site on Ivory coasts coastlines, are slowly disappearing under renewed waves of deforestation and rapid urbanisation; and it threatens an entire sector and local ecosystem.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ghanaian nationals submit request to the ICC calling for an investigation into months of Xenophobic violence against migrants in South Africa. Also, around 20 people die in AFD attack in Eastern DRC as the Islamic state affiliated group steps up attacks. 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