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South Africa calls for international assistance to curb anti-immigrant riots

The South African government said it sought diplomatic assistance from countries across the African continent to help curb anti-immigrant violence that had left at least four people dead in the past 2 weeks.

The South African Foreign Minister, Maite Nkoana-Mashabane, told Reuters,

“We belive that working together we can defeat this daemon. We will have to nip this in the bud.”

The foreign minister’s comments come as Kenya, Malawi and several other African Union nations have offered to evacuate their citizens from the region if they felt unsafe.

Speaking after a meeting with South African officials in Pretoria, Chadian Ambassador Mahamoud Adam Bachir, said that South Africa was committed to the safety of foreign citizens in their country.

The calls for diplomatic assistance come as violence escalated on Thursday evening with several foreign owned shops being looted.

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