XONOPHOBIC ATTACK, AN END IN SIGHT? By Dotun George

Relaxing at the face of obvious danger is most dangerous things. What is African Union doing about the xenophobic attack on the foreigners, especially the black African living in South Africa?
I saw a horrible pictures and videos how South Africans aided by the police to massacre the Nigerian citizens and other foreign nationals. If African Union failed to handle and mange this dastardly act and salvage the lives of others Africans living in South Africa now, then I can boldly say this, African Union has reached its dead end and lost its relevance.

The way African Union, formerly known as OAU and International Communities are doing now, sitting down and admiring the African problem without a serious and proactive solution was the same way, they all looked away when Liberians carried arms against themselves and countless people were wasted, the same way they looked away when closed a 1 million people was massacre in Rwanda, Serea-Leone, Ivory Coast and other volatile regions in Africa killed themselves without any response.

I am crying and weeping for the soul of Africa, for the sons and daughters of Africa, who knew nothing in their entire life than, war, crisis, unrest, daily wastages and carnage. Instead of Africa to find an African way to solve African problems, Africans are busy reducing themselves to the level of animals and desecrate the African soil with the blood of the innocent child, man and woman.

When you finish killing yourselves, then who will console Africa. African the land of the mighty but uses its might and strength wrongly and misdirected it.
I know without any doubt that, the spirit of Nelson Mandela will not bless all the soul of South Africans that engaged in the xenophobic act. Where is the Thabo Mbeki of this world that travelled around African to solve their political problems and help others in resolving their crisis? What happened to the same Thabo Mbeki now? Is domestic problem greater than international conflicts and crisis? Something fundamental must be wrong with Africa.

When South Africa was subjugated, maltreated, marginalized, segregated, injustices was melted against them and their self-worth and self-esteem were destroyed and damage. The whole world rose up to their aid to salvage, Nigeria spent more money than any other country to liberate South Africa, unfortunately today, South Africans has the audacity to launch a xenophobic attack on Nigerians and other Africans living in the country. Have they forgotten so quickly that, their citizen were illegal immigrants in most African nation during apartheid but they were welcome without any reservations and molestation. They were protected and even in Nigeria, South Africans were admitted free of charge into our universities. I am still weeping for the soul of Africa. So pathetic we forget the past so quickly.

The truth is that, there is an internal conspiracy against the foreigners in South Africa, firstly the Jacob Zuma’s son said the foreigners are taken over their business and industries and later the Zulu king said the foreigners should go back to their country. Can anybody connect the source of the attack?

I cannot blame these South Africans, if not irresponsible and irresponsive government we have in Nigeria, no Nigerian will have any cause to seek asylum and survival outside of the country. The time to rebuild Nigeria is now, enough is enough of becoming the ridicule of the world.