Xenophobic violence flares in South Africa

September 11, 2019

Xenophobic attacks: Nigerians in South Africa ask Ramaphosa for protection

In the past, xenophobic protests have led to violence and looting of shops owned by foreigners

WAVING FIGHTING sticks, improvised spears and shields, they advanced like an army through the streets of central Johannesburg, chanting and singing in Zulu: “Foreigners must go back to where they came from.” As they went they looted and burned shops, attacked a mosque and killed two people. The

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