Student of Chinese ethnicity assaulted in ‘racist’ coronavirus attack

By CNN,

A 23-year-old Singapore man of Chinese ethnicity who was studying in London has spoken out about racism linked to the coronavirus after suffering faci...

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Nigeria’s Burna Boy to headline South Africa concert after blasting gov’t over xenophobic attacks

By Duncan Mutwiri,

Nigerian artiste Burna Boy will be performing at the Africa Unite concert in South Africa despite vowing never to visit the country again following th...

Burna Boy , xenophobia

PHOTOS: Prince Harry, Meghan and child Archie begin South Africa tour

By Imani Mitchelle,

Prince Harry and his wife Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex have officially begun their 10-day tour to South Africa with their child Archie. According ...

baby archie , Meghan Markle. , Prince Harry , south africa

Nigeria to start evacuating its citizens from South Africa

By Imani Mitchelle,

Nigeria will on Wednesday begin to evacuate hundreds of it citizens from Johannesburg in South Africa following a series of xenophobic attacks. The...

Nigeria , south africa , xenophobia , xenophobic attacks

South Africa shuts down Nigeria embassy as xenophobic attacks persist

By Agencies,

The South African Government has shut down its embassy in Lagos, Nigeria as xenophobic attacks continued to have ripple effects on the continent. A...

Nigerians , south africa , xenophobic attacks

Zambia call off SA friendly over xenophobic attacks

By Reuters,

The Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) has called off the country’s friendly soccer international against South Africa in Lusaka on Saturday after...

south africa , xenophobia , Zambia

OPINION: Xenophobic attacks in South Africa crippling continental unity

By Citizen Reporter,

By Brian Oguna The rising spate of xenophobic attacks in South Africa has triggered a myriad of angry reactions and emotions from netizens world ov...

Nigeria , south africa , xenophobia

Gov’t responds to xenophobic attacks after Kenyans affected

By Wangui Ngechu,

The Government has announced that two Kenyans have been affected in the new wave of xenophobic attacks in South Africa. On Tuesday, Foreign Affairs...

south africa , xenophobia , xenophobic attacks

‘They started throwing stones at my car,’ Kenyans in Johannesburg speak out

By Wangui Ngechu,

A section of Kenyans living in South Africa have expressed fear after the recent spate of xenophobic attacks on foreigners. Speaking to Citizen Dig...

south africa , xenophobic attacks

Nigerian President Buhari takes action after xenophobic attacks in South Africa

By Ian Omondi,

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has sent a special envoy to South African President Cyril Ramaphosa following reports of a spate of xenophobic att...

President Cyril Ramaphosa , President Muhammadu Buhari , south africa , xenophobia

Over 40 people arrested in South Africa as xenophobic attacks, looting sprees spiral

By Wangui Ngechu,

Police in Johannesburg, South Africa have arrested at least 41 people following Monday’s unrest in what has been deemed as xenophobic attacks on for...

south africa , xenophobic attacks

South Africa’s Xenophobic Violence Doesn’t Deter Desperate Migrants

By VOA,

Three Mkhalipi brothers describe every day of their lives in South Africa as a struggle. But even in the midst of a recent swell in xenophobic viol...

Somali who died in Mogadishu blast had sought refuge abroad

By VOA,

Aline Barros, Nur Hassan Nur and Carol Guensburg contributed to this report, which originated in VOA’s Somali service. In the end, Ahmed Salah Ha...

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Greece suspends police officer for swearing at woman

By Reuters,

The Greek police has suspended an officer and ordered an internal inquiry after a video showed him verbally abusing an elderly woman at a migrant camp...

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South Africans protest over illegal foreigners after xenophobic attacks

By VOA,

A new anti-foreigner political party marched in Johannesburg, demanding that non-South Africans leave the country. Also Read: 3400 illegal foreign...

south africa , xenophobia

Foreigners in S. Africa: Xenophobic Attacks a Daily Danger

By VOA,

South Africa grabbed international attention earlier this year with images of angry demonstrators attacking foreign residents and their businesses. Th...

Ali Kiba attacked in South Africa , Protests turn violent in South Africa's North West province , South africa xenophobic attacks , xenophobic attacks

Paris breathes a sigh of relief as Macron takes center stage

By Reuters,

A fiery dance party broke out in the French capital on Sunday night as Parisian voters celebrated the victory of their new president, Emmanuel Macron....

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In South Africa, immigration feeds corrupt officials and race hate

By Reuters,

In 2010 police in Johannesburg shot Justin Ejimkonye, a Nigerian migrant, in the leg. The reason why is unclear: It took the police 18 months to charg...

MWANGI: Why xenophobia and integration are strange bedfellows

By Isaac Mwangi,

Yet again, South Africa is back in the news regarding ongoing threats against black African immigrants. Deadly xenophobic attacks have taken place sev...

South African police break up anti-immigrant protests

By Reuters,

South African police fired tear gas, water cannon and rubber bullets to disperse rival marches by hundreds of protesters in Pretoria on Friday, after ...

anti-immigrants protests , south africa , South africa xenophobic attacks