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Anti-migrant clashes break out in Soweto and Durban

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Clashes between anti-migrant groups and foreign nationals broke out on Thursday 8 October in Soweto, near Johannesburg, and in Durban, South Africa. Police and Agence France-Presse journalists confirmed the violence amid migration tensions, AFP reports.

Clashes broke out on Thursday 8 October between anti-migrant groups and foreign nationals in Soweto, near Johannesburg, and in Durban, a major city on South Africa’s east coast, according to Agence France-Presse (AFP) journalists and South African police.

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