Nigeria to evacuate 130 citizens from South Africa amid xenophobia fears

At least 130 Nigerians have registered for evacuation from South Africa following renewed fears of xenophobic violence, Nigerian officials said, as tensions rise in parts of the country including Durban, KwaZulu-Natal.

“This figure is expected to rise,” Nigerian Foreign Minister Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu said in a statement on social media, adding that “Nigerian lives and businesses in SA must not continue to be put at risk.”

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