Tense exchanges between SA and Nigeria as MTN offices attacked in Abuja
Should we start counting how many South Africans have died in SA at the hands of Nigerian nationals? This was the question posed by Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba in response to a question about the figure of "about 116" Nigerians said to have been killed in SA in the past two years. This week‚ a Nigerian senior presidential aide on foreign affairs‚ Abike Dabiri-Erewa‚ reportedly said in a statement that 20 of these Nigerians were killed last year alone and called on the African Union (AU) to intervene in what Dabira-Erewa was quoted as saying were "killings in SA". But Gigaba said this was a discussion SA would not want to get into as it would turn ugly. "I am not privy to the figures from the Nigerian government and how they collected them. I do not think it is the discussion we want to get into. It will turn out very bad. Should we start counting how many South Africans have died in SA at the hands of Nigerian nationals? " he said in Cape Town on Thursday. Gigaba said countr...
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