With Inputs from NewsWatch
Ndansi Elvis at Press Briefing |
Ndansi Elvis Nukam,
youth leader and activist has declared that he is embarrassed that Cameroon government
has been mute over the fate of some 1000 Cameroonians in South Africa. Talking to
journalists in Yaounde on Saturday April 18, 2015, Ndansi argued government to
denounce xenophobic attacks in South Africa with the energy it used against the
Islamic Sect Boko Haram.
This is following
worries raised by Cameroonians living in South Africa as other countries have
engaged in repatriating their nationals. Ghanaians for example are hooked to
the social media to get alerts thanks to government efforts. “Malawi and Zimbabwe are repatriating their
citizens based in South Africa but our High Commission here is not doing
anything,” a Cameroonian based in South Africa is quoted to have told News
Watch.
“I called the High
Commissioner and he told me he was in a meeting. He has since not called back
like he promised,” another South Africa-based Cameroonian said.
Rumours that a special
flight would ferry Cameroonians back home spread within the week, raising the
hopes of fretting Cameroonians. But nothing of the sort has happened and it
remains unclear if government is making such plans.
Government should tell
us what its plans are and measures it has taken to ensure the safety of our
brothers and sisters in South Africa, Ndansi told journalists.
He said Cameroonian
youths will not repay violence with violence but insisted that a boycott of
South African businesses present in the country would not be ruled out if the
attacks on foreigners continue.
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