Nigerian artist Seun Kuti has cancelled his planned concert scheduled for Saturday at Morocco's Jazzablanca festival to "mourn" the loss of 23 migrants who died trying to reach the Spanish enclave of Melilla in Morocco. "It is with great sadness that I announce the cancellation of our trip to Morocco this weekend for Jazzablanca," Seun Kuti, son of legendary Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti, said in a video posted on his Instagram account on Thursday. We have to mourn them," the artist added in reference to the 23 migrants who lost their lives on Friday while trying to cross into the Spanish enclave of Melilla from Morocco. VIDEO: Seun Kuti cancels Morocco concert over the massacre of African migrants. The organisers of Jazzablanca, scheduled for 1-3 July in Casablanca, confirmed the cancellation of Mr Kuti's concert to AFP.

Source: Ethiopian News July 02, 2022 00:09 UTC