LAGOS OCTOBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS) — Police in the South African city of Cape Town used water cannons Wednesday while dispersing and arresting hundreds of foreigners, including children, who have camped for weeks outside the U.N. refugee agency’s office. Some of the refugees and asylum-seekers told local media they are seeking to be relocated outside the…
LAGOS OCTOBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Dozens of foreign nationals on Wednesday camped outside the Cape Town offices of the UN refugee agency demanding to be removed from South Africa saying they were no longer safe. Around 250 foreigners, many claiming to be asylum seekers from various African countries, vowed not to leave the premises until the United…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A video making rounds online captured moment South Africans engaged in a peaceful demonstration to beg Nigerians and citizens of other African countries for forgiveness over the xenophobic attacks. SEE VIDEO View this post on Instagram South Africans engage in peaceful demonstration to ask #Nigeria and other African countries for forgiveness over…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)– Beverlyn Nyamakwenje was fast asleep in her home in the east Johannesburg township of Katlehong when she was woken by gunshots. Instructed by her panicked father, the 19-year old Zimbabwean grabbed a few belongings and fled with him to a police station for safety. “We left our bags,” Nyamakwenje said. “We…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)- A fresh round of violence is currently building up in the streets of Johannesburg, South Africa, as armed protesters are out again, demanding that foreigners should return to where they came from. According to Sowetan Live, a South African newspaper, the protesters, who carried weapons such as knobkerries, are waiting to…