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South Africa’s economic and social issues, others argue that foreigners, particularly those from elsewhere in Africa, are being wrongly blamed. The violence
foreign national’s shop in Johannesburg, South Africa, July 17, 2025 [Alfonso Nqunjana/AP] ## Which other nationals have been repatriated from South Africa? Ghana was the first to begin bringing its citizens home amid xenophobic violence
violence against foreign nationals and demonstrations characterised by "xenophobic rhetoric, hate speeches and incendiary anti-migrant statements". Nigeria has summoned South Africa
South Africa, migrants from elsewhere in Africa have been the targets of violence and intimidation in recent weeks. Anti-migrant groups have set a deadline of 30 June for foreign
violence in Mossel Bay on the south coast. Roughly 60 miles south-east of Cape Town, about 100 people from Mozambique and Malawi [sought shelter in Kleinmond town hall](https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/african-migrants-flee-into-mountains-south-africas-xenophobic-violence-surges-2026-06-04/) last week after
foreign nationals to leave South Africa by June 30. However, many incidents are believed to go unreported due to fear of retaliation, arrest or deportation. ## What is causing the backlash? In some townships and urban
Africa has long been a destination for documented and undocumented African workers. It has had repeated waves of xenophobic violence over the past decades, with undocumented migrants accused of crime and of taking jobs from
South Africa would later cite at the International Court of Justice. In October 2023, former National Security Council head Giora Eiland argued that creating a “humanitarian crisis” in Gaza would help Israel
violence. She moved in with her uncle, in New York, and had complied with requirements to regularly check in with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, she said. It was during a check-in appointment that
violence persists, particularly in south-central Somalia. According to the ACLED database, national fatalities reached a record high in 2025, and al-Shabab is responsible for the large majority of conflict deaths recorded over
violence that follows.”  A man with cholera symptoms is carried to a clinic in Randelle, Haiti
foreign armed forces will be attacked if they enter the strait. It told US forces to stay out of the area and said its forces would respond harshly to any threat. It also told commercial
violence in Rawalakot, saying, “The state has begun a massacre of our people in Rawalakot.” In response, Khan, the commissioner of Pakistani Poonch, said, “The JAAC leadership is misleading the masses by terming
Foreign Minister Maxime Prevot said while Brussels is calling for at least a partial suspension, a “full suspension is probably out of reach given the positions of the various European countries”. In a statement addressed
violence and expanding the occupation. Following a deadly settler rampage in the Palestinian town of Huwara in early 2023, Smotrich notoriously [declared that the village should be “wiped out”](/news/2023/3/1/israel-arrests-settlers-after-anti-palestinian-pogrom) by the Israeli state. Furthermore
foreign assistance. In other words, "things that are of value to control." The termination of USAID — America's premiere aid agency — gave researchers another angle to explore. Does the sudden *withdrawal of aid funding* have
South Africa Company (BSAC) received a royal charter from the British Crown, accelerating white settler expansion across the territory that became Southern Rhodesia. The 1893 war against King Lobengula’s Ndebele kingdom opened vast areas
Foreign Policy," a potential response to Catholic leaders' [calling for more humanity](https://www.npr.org/transcripts/nx-s1-5784841) in the Trump administration's immigration policies. Trump also claimed Leo was in favor of Iran having nuclear weapons. Trump
foreign assistance to South Africa over a land law that Trump falsely claims targets the white minority. Billionaire Elon Musk, a close aide of Trump, has also accused the South African government of pursuing racially
foreign ministry spokesperson, Esmaeil Baghaei, accused the US of “harming” diplomatic efforts to end the war. - **What did** **Vance actually say?** “Right now, I feel that we are in a position to get a deal