JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, Dec 15 (UNHCR) - Godwin Ale Willow, a soft-spoken Sudanese refugee, tries to keep up with the thread of our conversation while casting a wary eye on the television camera ...

The Labour and Civic Organisation (LACO) has warned that rising unemployment and alleged labour abuses could trigger an outbreak of xenophobic violence if businesses fail to prioritise the hiring of ...

A cross section of Nigerians and Ghanians in Europe on Wednesday urged the African Union (AU) to intervene in the escalating xenophobic attacks in South Africa. Dr. Lawrence Ekpo, a political analyst ...

By Monday, September 2, South African men and women clutching cudgels and stones were chanting war songs and marching to the central business district of South Africa’s biggest city to burn shops and ...

JOHANNESBURG — A spate of deaths in South Africa following outbreaks of food poisoning have sparked violence directed at African migrant shopkeepers who have been blamed. Armed mobs have in recent ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Chidimma Adetshina, a beauty pageant contestant who faced a wave of hostility in South Africa after questions arose about her ...

Last month, the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development (DoJ) belatedly launched the National Action Plan to Combat Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance. The ...

Let me be unequivocal here: xenophobia is a betrayal of African unity. It is a sickness born of poverty, inequality and government failure, but its victims are our African brothers and sisters.

He had vowed never to set foot in South Africa after the recent xenophobic attacks in the country but now, Nigerian singer Burna Boy has had a change of heart. “I have not set foot in SA (South Africa ...

Lagos, Nigeria (CNN) — Chidimma Adetshina, a beauty pageant contestant who faced a wave of hostility in South Africa after questions arose about her nationality, has been crowned Miss Universe Nigeria ...