The UK Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer, came under intense questioning as he received Ghana’s President, John Dramani Mahama.
In a viral video, while the UK Prime Minister was welcoming President Mahama at Number 10 on Tuesday, June 2, he was labelled a ‘shame’.
During President Mahama’s welcoming, a voice protesting was heard saying, “Do you regret appointing Mandelson, Prime Minister? Are you an absent Prime Minister? Are you ashamed, Prime Minister?”
Reports indicate the incident occurred after Vickrum Digwa was sentenced to life imprisonment for fatally stabbing Henry Nowak in December 2025
“Henry Nowak, 18, was stabbed five times in Southampton in December 2025 after his killer, Vickrum Digwa, falsely accused him of making racist remarks.
Newly released bodycam footage shows the teenager being treated as a suspect and handcuffed before becoming unresponsive and later dying from his injuries.
Digwa was sentenced to life imprisonment on Monday, June 1, 2026, while Sir Keir Starmer described the footage as “harrowing” and called for answers over how the racism allegation influenced police actions”, reports suggest.
In other news, Mahama in UK has for the first time, spoken about the evacuation of Ghanaians from South Africa amid xenophobic attacks.
According to John Mahama, Ghana had no option but to evacuate its citizens, arguing that the situation left many displaced foreigners vulnerable, including nearly 200 Ghanaians.
He added that they felt that the South African authorities were not doing enough to try to control what was happening.
Speaking at Chatham House in London on June 1, 2026, President Mahama explained, “It didn’t look like the South African authorities were doing anything to try to quell what was happening and also to provide protection to those who had been displaced”.
“There were even forays into health institutions, and if you were not South African, you were asked to leave the hospital even if you were ill,” he said.
“We had no option but to evacuate our citizens. We’re going to do two more to take those who want to leave. It is voluntary. We asked, “Do you want to stay or leave?” And many of them say they feel threatened. And so they want to leave.”
He further called on South African to address the root causes of the violence rather than leave foreign nationals unprotected.
Mahama added, “I think it’s unfortunate what is happening in South Africa. We need to drill down to what causes these flare-ups in terms of xenophobia”.
“And so all of us must empathise with South Africa or must sympathise with South Africa,” he said.
“And we must help South Africa to be able to drill down and find out what it can do to reduce unemployment rates amongst the black populations.”
“After the last fellow African leaves, is it going to change unemployment among blacks in South Africa?” he asked.
Watch the video below:
@gbnews "Are you ashamed, Prime Minister?" Sir Keir Starmer faced a barrage of questions while welcoming the President of Ghana to Number 10, following the sentencing of Vickrum Digwa to life imprisonment for the murder of Henry Nowak. Digwa stabbed Nowak to death in December 2025. #PrimeMinister #KeirStarmer #GBNews #uknews ♬ original sound – GB News
“Do you regret appointing Mandelson, Prime Minister? Are you an absent Prime Minister? Are you ashamed, Prime Minister?”
— 𝐀𝐒𝐊 (@askghmedia) June 3, 2026
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