Liberia, May 2 -- The African Democratic Alliance for Freedom and Progress (ADAFP) has strongly condemned the recent wave of intensified anti-immigration protests and violent attacks targeting African nationals in South Africa, describing the incidents as a grave threat to African unity and Pan-African ideals.

In an official statement issued Thursday from Casablanca, Morocco, and Johannesburg, South Africa, and signed by Secretary-General Eddie D. Jarwolo, the continental political body expressed "profound disappointment" over the growing hostility toward migrants, calling for an immediate end to xenophobic violence.

ADAFP said the attacks undermine the principles of Ubuntu, social justice, and the African Union's Agenda 2063 vision for...