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When a society tastes blood

Like many people all over Africa, I was shocked and horrified to watch a video clip of an interview that a BBC reporter had with some South African ho

Mixed Metaphors: Commitment to the people

Three weeks ago, my immediate older brother was murdered in his home in our village. I live in a country in which people are murdered every day, so su

SOUTH AFRICA’S XENOPHOBIA: IF THE TRUTH BE TOLD…

Yesterday, Deutshewelle (Voice of Germany) Hausa Service and the BBC Hausa Service both called me up to discuss the South African so-called xenophobic

Nigeria: The injustice-pressure cooker must not burst

This week, Agnes Callamard, the United Nations Special Rapporteur for Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions published her end of visit report

Attacks in South Africa: Xenophobia or Afro-Asiaphobia?

The past few days have been dominated by media headlines about ‘xenophobic attacks’ on foreigners, essentially Nigerians, in South Africa. According t