Posted on April 20, 2015. Tags: Africa, Europe, Immigration, Libya, South Africa, Xenophobia
By: ALLAN BRIAN SSENYONGA PUBLISHED: April 19, 2015 A decade ago, The Economist described Africa as a hopeless continent. As expected we spent nearly a decade denouncing the description as unfair and inaccurate. Then a decade later the same magazine declared that Africa was indeed rising. Like the biblical story of Saul turning into Paul, […]
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Posted in Burundi, Congress Watch, Countries, Editorial, Opinion Roundup, Politics and Security, Regional Issues, Rwanda
Posted on April 20, 2015. Tags: Economy, Immigration, South Africa, Xenophobia
17 April 2015 Pretoria, South Africa – South Africa must act decisively in response to xenophobia and attacks on foreigners, but solutions must be based on unity and cohesion, not more segregation, according to the Institute for Security Studies (ISS). Thousands of foreigners have been displaced and five killed in the latest attacks that started […]
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Posted in Congress Watch, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Politics and Security, Regional Issues, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda
Posted on April 19, 2015. Tags: Immigratnts, KwaZulu, South Africa, Xenophobia
Addis Ababa, 16 April 2015 (WIC) - The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma has described the attacks of foreign nationals in the province of KwaZulu Natal in South Africa as “unacceptable,” calling an immediate halt while expressing once again her deep concerns regarding the attacks on foreign nationals. “Whatever the challenges […]
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Posted in Congress Watch, Countries, Defense News, Politics and Security, Regional Issues