A documented record of non-enforcement, from South Africa's Afrophobia crisis to Rwanda's proxy war in Congo to Cameroon's entrenched presidency, raises the question of whether a continental body built to hold leaders accountable can ever hold its own members accountable.
Two movements have set a June 30 ultimatum demanding that undocumented African migrants leave South Africa. In reality, documented migrants are fleeing too. President Cyril Ramaphosa addressed the nation on June 7 and still would not name either movement.
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