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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration has condemned reports of racial discrimination in China.

A statement signed by sector Minister, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey disclosed that the Chinese Ambassador to Ghana, Shi Ting Wang has been asked to call his government to order.

"I have been briefed on the inhumane treatment being meted out to Ghanaians and other African nationals in the People's Republic ofChina with regards to the COVID-19 outbreak. I regret and highly condemn this act of ill-treatment and racial discrimination. I have therefore summoned the Chinese Ambassador to Ghana, Shi Ting Wang to register my disappointment and call for his government to immediately address the situation and bring their officials to order. A formal communication from the government of Ghana will be issued within the next 24 hours to address the situation at hand," the statement noted.

Background

Africans in southern China's largest city, Guangzhou, claim they have been rendered homeless and have become targets of suspicion after Guangzhou reported 111 imported cases, including 25 foreign nationals.

Among them, 9 were from Nigeria, 3 from Angola, 2 from the Democratic Republic of the Congo and 2 from Niger.

CNN reports that a publication on the People’s Government of Guangdong Province’s website on April 4 alleged that a Nigerian national with Covid-19 had attacked a Chinese nurse who tried to stop him leaving an isolation ward at a Guangzhou hospital.