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Nigeria: South African Groups to Double Nigeria Investments
Vanguard, 4 May 2015
As xenophobia diplomatic tension between Nigeria and South Africa dies down, South African companies are taking bullish positions on the Nigerian economy, apparently crowding out… Read more »
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Nigeria: Xenophobia - Blame the Victim!
Fahamu, 29 April 2015
Maybe President Zuma and his xenophobic countrymen are right, after all. Why would a Nigerian close his barber shop in Karmo ghetto to go operate the same in Soweto? Why would a… Read more »
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South Africa: Xenophobia Pushes Diplomats Into Damage Control
ISS, 27 April 2015
When South African Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Maite Nkoana-Mashabane spoke to diplomats in Pretoria on 17 April, her address contained all the usual… Read more »
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Nigeria: Relations With Nigeria Reach New, Historic Low
Daily Maverick, 27 April 2015
In the strongest diplomatic language possible, Nigeria has rebuked South Africa for the recent spate of xenophobic violence by recalling the Nigerian ambassador to Pretoria. It's… Read more »
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Africa: Xenophobia, Blight On South Africa's Tourism Dream
This Day, 25 April 2015
Emmanuel Sithole has been trending for the past week and it's not for a good reason. The late Mozambican has now become the poster child for xenophobia in South Africa after he was… Read more »
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South Africa: Tension Brews Between Nigeria, South Africa
RFI, 23 April 2015
Tensions are brewing between Africa's two main powerhouses, Nigeria and South Africa, with the Nigerian Senate calling on the International Criminal Court to investigate Zulu King… Read more »
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Africa: South Africa and Nigeria Spar Over Xenophobic Violence
Al Jazeera, 26 April 2015
The recent xenophobic violence in South Africa against migrant workers has sparked a new diplomatic rift with Nigeria, with the South African government condemning Nigeria's… Read more »
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Nigeria: South Africa Jabs Nigeria's Jonathan
Premium Times, 26 April 2015
The South African Department of International Relations and Cooperation, has described the recall of Nigeria's High Commissioner as an "unfortunate and regrettable" diplomatic… Read more »
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South Africa: South Africa Winds Up Relief Camp for Foreign Nationals
Al Jazeera, 26 April 2015
Government-operated temporary shelters for foreign nationals displaced by xenophobic violence in Johannesburg have now been closed, officials have told Al Jazeera. Read more »
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Nigeria: Xenophobia - Nigeria Recalls Envoys to South Africa
Premium Times, 25 April 2015
The Nigerian government has recalled the country's High Commissioner to South Africa, Martin Cobham, and his deputy, Uche Okeke, in protest against continued attacks on Nigerians… Read more »
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Nigeria: Abuja Recalls Top Envoys to South Africa
Leadership, 26 April 2015
The federal government has recalled its high commissioner to South Africa, Martin Cobham, and his deputy, Uche Okeke, to protest the continued attacks by South Africans on… Read more »
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South Africa: We Don't Blame Nigeria for Boko Haram, Says Pretoria
Govt of SA, 26 April 2015
The South African Government takes note that the outgoing Government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria has recalled its Acting High Commissioner to South Africa. Read more »
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Nigeria: Xenophobic Attacks - Minister Summons Envoys From S-Africa
Vanguard, 25 April 2015
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Aminu Bashir Wali, has summoned Nigeria's senior diplomats on tour of duty in South Africa for consultation over the xenophobic attacks… Read more »
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Africa: South Africa's Envoy Explains...
Guardian, 26 April 2015
Mr. Lulu Louis Mnguni, is South Africa's High commissioner to Nigeria. In a chat with ABOSEDE MUSARI, he explains what is being done by his government to salvage the situation… Read more »
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South Africa: Mandelaland - a New Killing Field for African Migrants
Guardian, 25 April 2015
On 15 March the Zulu King, Goodwill Zwelithini reportedly called foreigners in the country "lice", and asked them to "pack their belongings and go back to their countries." Read more »
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Nigeria: TB Joshua Likens Xenophobia in S'africa to Nigeria's Boko Haram
Independent (Lagos), 24 April 2015
One of Nigeria's popular clerics and and the general overseer of the Synagogue Church of all Nations (SCOAN), Temitope Balogun Joshua (T.B. Joshua), has condemned the xenophobic… Read more »
Xenophobic Violence Sparks Nigeria-South Africa Rift
The South African government has attacked Nigeria's recall of top diplomats as "an unfortunate and regrettable step" and derided the Nigerian government over its inability to rein in the Boko Haram insurgency in the north of its country.
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Following condemnations and criticisms after xenophobic attacks on migrants in South Africa, the government has been urged to take King Goodwill Zwelithini to the International ... Read more »
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The development is in response to a series of xenophobic attacks on foreigners by South Africans. Read more »
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Writers for AllAfrica's partner publications from both outside and within South Africa, beginning with Nigerian columnist Babajide Alabi, discuss where the blame should lie. Read more »
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The xenophobic attack triggered by remarks by King Goodwill Zwelithini of the Zulu nation did not deter Thandeka Mkhwanazi and Ethiopian Mali Wondawock from going ahead with a ... Read more »
