It seems that xenophobia problems are particually a problem with Africa. It is true of course xenophobia has problems all over the world including the West, however the xenophobic attacks ranging from Africa is ignored in the western Media.
People like to balame their nations problems on foreingers. South Africa should know better as the country overcame oppression from the White Ruled regime. It is a shame that xenophobic attacks persist in that country.
South Africa, a magnet for immigrants from all over the continent, foreigners have been targeted in a wave of what many have characterised as xenophobic attacks. In Johannesburg, Pretoria and elsewhere this month, 12 people were killed as foreign-owned shops and businesses were ransacked. In Cape Town, several haulage trucks — associated with non-unionised foreign labour — were petrol bombed. Hate speech circulated on social media threatening to burn to death all foreigners who did not leave the country immediately.This anti-foreign unrest has met an anti-South African backlash across the continent.
South African trucks have been attacked in Mozambique.
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The biggest reaction has come in Nigeria, which fancies itself the continent’s economic and political heavyweight and more than a match for South Africa. Nigerian politicians have reacted with fury to the violence, some of which has specifically targeted Nigerians living in South Africa. Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria’s president, withdrew his high commissioner from Pretoria in protest and said he stood ready to evacuate Nigerians who wanted to leave.
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