The stores were attacked in retaliation after days of riots in South Africa targeting foreign-owned, including Nigerian, businessesThe stores were attacked in retaliation after days of riots in South Africa targetingThe Nigerian division of telecom operator, MTN, said it will shut all stores and service centres in the country until further notice.
Citizens from across the continent voiced their anger on social media, with some threatening retaliation. Immigration to South Africa from across Africa and from parts of southeast Asia picked up in the early 1990s, spurred by the end of apartheid rule and the economic boom that followed. Hundreds of University of Zambia students dressed mostly in black and chanting “No Violence” protested outside the South African High Commission against the attacks on foreigners on Wednesday.