Nigeria to repatriate more than 1,000 of its citizens from South Africa over rising tensions

Nigeria says it will repatriate more than 1,000 of its nationals from South Africa as anti-immigrant tensions rise in the country.

Screening for Nigeria’s voluntary repatriation scheme started on Thursday, a spokesperson for the foreign ministry told reporters.

In a communique dated Tuesday, Nigeria’s High Commission in Pretoria said it had “negotiated waivers with host authorities” so that those with “immigration-related offences”…