Xenophobia Africa’s latest threat – Financial Times

According to the Financial Times, xenophobia in Africa is in danger of severely compromising the economies of its constituent countries. This outside view of the continent argues that an alarming new Nationalism is edging out a long-standing Pan-Africanism that acknowledged a common colonial history and interdependent post-liberation future. Instead, the two economic giants, Nigeria and South Africa are at loggerheads while Zambia and Zimbabwe have also expressed their intense displeasure at the killing of foreigners on South African soil. – Chris Bateman

By Thulasizwe Sithole

The world is fretful about the disintegration of relations between African countries as violent xenophobia starts damaging local economies and future internal and global trading prospects.

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