Peter Obi, Mbeki and Khama Meet in Cape Town Over Africa's Future
The former Anambra State Governor and 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate used a visit to Cape Town to sit down with two of Africa's most respected former heads of state: Thabo Mbeki, former President of South Africa, and Ian Khama, former President of Botswana. The meeting was confirmed via a statement published on Obi's official website. According to the statement, the Cape Town meeting took place before Obi departed for Johannesburg. He expressed appreciation to both former leaders for their perspectives on current immigration challenges facing the region, and for their longstanding commitment to peace and continental unity. It is worth pausing on the immigration point. Southern and East Africa are in the middle of a genuinely difficult conversation about migration, xenophobia, and the movement of people across borders, and the tensions are not abstract. They have produced violence. The fact that this came up in a meeting between Obi and two former presidents suggests t...
