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Africa: Can South Africa Repair Its Image Damaged By Xenophobia?
ISS, 16 September 2019
Televised footage last week showed hundreds of Nigerians queuing in Johannesburg to be evacuated to their home country. It illustrated the impact of the latest wave of xenophobic… Read more »
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Africa: Ramaphosa Deploys Special Envoys to African Heads of State Over Tensions in South Africa
News24Wire, 15 September 2019
President Cyril Ramaphosa is sending special envoys to deliver messages of solidarity to several heads of state and governments across Africa amid tensions and violence in the… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Ramaphosa Apologises to Zimbabweans For Xenophobic Attacks, Booed During Mugabe Condolence Speech
New Zimbabwe, 14 September 2019
SOUTH African President Cyril Ramaphosa was Saturday forced to issue an apology to Zimbabweans over deadly xenophobic attacks targeted at their compatriots in his country. Read more »
Ramaphosa Appeals to African Leaders to Ease Xenophobic Tension
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has sent a team of special envoys to the leaders of Nigeria, Niger, Ghana, Senegal, Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Zambia to deliver messages of solidarity following a spate of xenophobic riots which saw the looting and destruction of foreign-owned businesses in parts of South Africa, and the repatriation of Nigerian citizens as a response to the violence.
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At least 187 people have returned from South Africa following a wave of anti-immigrant, xenophobic violence in the cities of Pretoria and Johannesburg. The returnees were assisted ... Read more »
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Governments of Mozambique and Zimbabwe are reportedly processing the repatriation of their citizens from South Africa after continuing xenophobic violence resulted in 500 ... Read more »
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International Relations and Cooperation Minister Naledi Pandor has said that a "toxic mix of socio-economic challenges", caused by the legacy of apartheid, is to blame for recent ... Read more »
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South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa and Nigerian Ambassador Ahmed Rufai Abubakar, the Special Envoy of President Muhammadu Buhari, met to discuss the rapidly deteriorating ... Read more »
