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Africa in Focus with Advocate Sipho Mantula, Researcher: Thabo Mbeki African School of Public & International Affairs: Unisa
1. South Afrika - Malawi
Malawi Responds to South Africa Xenophobia Crisis, 150 Citizens Successfully Repatriated
Malawi has begun bringing home its citizens displaced by a fresh wave of xenophobia-related tensions in South Africa, with 150 Malawians now on their way back after being evacuated from temporary camps in Western Cape Province.
The first two buses carrying the returnees departed the Western Cape on Saturday in what the government has described as a coordinated humanitarian operation aimed at rescuing and safely returning vulnerable Malawians stranded in South Africa…
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