Tuesday, May 27, 2008

South Africa crisis

"far from over"


27/05/2008 08:19 - (SA)

Johannesburg - South African President Thabo Mbeki was expected in Japan on Tuesday, even as aid agencies warned that the crisis at home sparked by the wave of violence against foreigners was far from over.

Mbeki, was due in Japan for a two-day conference on African development, the foreign ministry announced.

He has come under pressure for what critics say has been his slow reaction to the anti-immigrant violence that has left 56 dead and 35 000 displaced.

And while the government was claiming on Monday it had brought the two weeks of violence under control, aid groups warned of the health and logistical problems caused by the mass exodus of migrants fleeing the country.


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