Fresh controversy as South Africa Presidency accuses Fani-Kayode, Nigerian mission of lying
Verified: 2 outlets have reported this story since Nov 14.
South Africa and Nigeria have been drawn into a fresh diplomatic controversy after the spokesperson to President Cyril Ramaphosa accused Nigeria’s High Commission of lying over claims that the South African leader intervened in the omission of Ambassador Femi Fani-Kayode’s speech from a televised diplomatic ceremony. Vincent Magwenya, Ramaphosa’s spokesperson, said the President neither intervened…
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- Nov 14, 3:37 PM UTCFirst report· you’re reading thisFresh controversy as South Africa Presidency accuses Fani-Kayode, Nigerian mission of lyingdailytrust.com ↗
- Nov 14, 10:20 PM UTC+7 hNigerian High Commission Accuses South African Presidency Of Censoring Ambassador Kayode's Addressleadership.ng ↗
- Verified: a second independent outlet reported itNov 14, 10:20 PM UTC · +7 h
[Claude] Report 2 covers the same dispute over the Nigerian mission's claim that the South African Presidency censored Ambassador Kayode's address, with the Presidency's rebuttal as a follow-up, and the two do
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