{"id":8670,"date":"2012-03-08T02:59:07","date_gmt":"2012-03-08T00:59:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/03\/nigeria-south-africa-feud-over-yellow-fever-jabs\/"},"modified":"2012-03-08T02:59:07","modified_gmt":"2012-03-08T00:59:07","slug":"nigeria-south-africa-feud-over-yellow-fever-jabs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/nigeria-south-africa-feud-over-yellow-fever-jabs\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria, South Africa feud over yellow fever jabs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>By Camillus Eboh<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"articleLocation\">ABUJA, March 7<\/span> (Reuters) &#8211; South Africa and Nigeria<br \/>\nare embroiled in a diplomatic spat after the authorities at<br \/>\nJohannesburg airport deported 125 Nigerians, alleging their<br \/>\nyellow fever vaccination certificates were fakes &#8211; the latest<br \/>\ntwist in a long-standing rivalry between Africa&#8217;s two biggest<br \/>\neconomies.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Nigeria has responded with undisguised tit-for-tat<br \/>\ndeportations of 84 South Africans in the past two days,<br \/>\naccording to a senior official at the State Security Service who<br \/>\ncould not be named.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;South Africans will know we are very serious with this<br \/>\nmatter and that any deportation of any Nigerian, we will meet it<br \/>\nwith equal reciprocal measure,&#8221; Foreign Minister Olugbenga<br \/>\nAshiru told a hearing at the National Assembly late on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What you see playing out is &#8230; xenophobia by South<br \/>\nAfricans against all Africans, not just Nigerians, including<br \/>\neven those from their neighbouring countries,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>A spokesman for South Africa&#8217;s home affairs department said<br \/>\nthe decision to deport the Nigerians stemmed purely from<br \/>\nconcerns about health.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s not an immigration issue, it&#8217;s a health matter &#8230;<br \/>\nNobody without a yellow fever certificate is allowed into the<br \/>\ncountry and that&#8217;s what this is,&#8221; said Ronnie Mamoepa.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Cards proving vaccination against yellow fever &#8211; a deadly<br \/>\nmosquito-borne disease &#8211; are required by most African countries<br \/>\nfor entry. But they sometimes serve as a lever for immigration<br \/>\nofficials to obstruct travel or extort bribes.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Olugbenga warned that Nigeria could take broader retaliatory<br \/>\nmeasures, including a clampdown on South African companies.<br \/>\n\u00a0 <span class=\"label\"><strong>Continued&#8230;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Camillus Eboh ABUJA, March 7 (Reuters) &#8211; South Africa and Nigeria are embroiled in a diplomatic spat after the authorities at Johannesburg airport deported 125 Nigerians, alleging their yellow fever vaccination certificates were fakes &#8211; the latest twist in a long-standing rivalry between Africa&#8217;s two biggest economies. 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