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South Africa's anti-migrant deadline forces fathers to leave families behind
3+ hour, 48+ min ago (536+ words) Durban, South Africa Reuters With anti-migrant sentiment escalating in South Africa, Malawian John Allen threw some clothes in a bag, said goodbye to his South African girlfriend and their one-year-old son, and left to catch a bus out of the…...
Thousands seek way out as South Africa braces for anti-immigrant protests
2+ day, 23+ hour ago (668+ words) Durban, South Africa Reuters Thousands of Malawian migrants queued for processing at a makeshift camp in the South African city of Durban this week while hundreds of Zimbabweans slept on the pavement outside their consulate in Cape Town. All had…...
South Africa: Amid anti-migrant attacks, clergy urge dialogue and open doors
2+ week, 2+ hour ago (980+ words) FREDRICK NZWILI, of Religion News Service, reports that the violence has resulted in at least 12 deaths, widespread destruction of foreign-owned businesses and homes and thousands of migrants fleeing South Africa or seeking shelter in community centres, mosques, churches and police…...
South Africa's Ramaphosa vows crackdown on groups behind xenophobic attacks
3+ week, 1+ day ago (360+ words) South Africa will crack down on groups behind xenophobic violence, President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Sunday, as anti-immigrant protests tarnish the country's reputation. Ghana, Nigeria, Malawi and Mozambique are repatriating some of their citizens caught up in the protests, which…...
Migrants: Pope Leo's visiting Europe's hot spots. Catholics hope he'll ease political tensions
3+ week, 1+ day ago (1366+ words) GIOVANNA DELL'ORTO and RENATA BRITO, of Associated Press, report that many Catholics and migrants hope the papal trips will refocus attention on solidarity and support" Pope Leo XIV is delving into the hotly contested issue of migration by visiting two…...
African migrants flee into the mountains as South Africa's xenophobic violence surges
3+ week, 3+ day ago (562+ words) Kleinmond, South Africa Reuters Four days ago, Mozambican immigrant Lado Amido answered a knock at his door in the South African town of Kleinmond. Outside, an angry crowd told him foreigners such as him had to leave. They went door-to-door…...
Mozambique: Fear and extremist violence are keeping Christians away from churches in country's north
4+ week, 1+ day ago (1541+ words) TONNY ONYULO reports that following renewed extremist attacks in Mozambique's Cabo Delgado Province, frightened Christians are avoiding church services as pastors turn to home visits, secret gatherings and phone messages to keep faith alive" On most Sundays before the violence…...
Pope Leo XIV makes historic apology for Vatican's role in legitimising slavery
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (1112+ words) Pope Leo XIV made a historic apology on Monday for the Holy See's role in legitimising slavery and for having failed to condemn it for centuries, calling the Vatican's record a "wound in Christian memory." Past popes have apologised for…...
South Africa's top court revives impeachment process against President
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (469+ words) South Africa's highest court on Friday revived impeachment proceedings against President Cyril Ramaphosa over a scandal in which a large amount of foreign currency was stolen from inside a sofa in his farmhouse in 2020. In 2022 Ramaphosa's political party blocked an…...
Countries prepare to evacuate hantavirus ship passengers
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (573+ words) Countries prepared to evacuate their citizens from the luxury cruise ship hit by a deadly strain of hantavirus that is due to anchor near Tenerife early on Sunday, as health authorities said the risk of the virus spreading was low....