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Calm was restored on Tuesday in Durban, Johannesburg and other areas hit by recent xenophobic violence that has lasted for several weeks, South African authorities have said.
An Egyptian court sentenced ousted President Mohamed Mursi to 20 years in prison without parole on Tuesday for the killing of protesters in December 2012.
Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini has called for an end to recent violence against foreigners that has swept parts of South Africa.
Xenophobia violence sweeping parts of South African seemed to die down on Sunday.
An Egyptian court on Sunday sentenced 11 people to death over bloody riots during a soccer game in Port Said city in February 2012
Some African countries are beginning to repatriate their citizens from South Africa, despite President Jacob Zuma vow to end xenophobic attacks.
President Jacob Zuma said on Saturday his country is not driving foreigners away after days of violence against foreigners in parts of the country.
East African regional bloc condemned increased wave of xenophobic attacks against foreign nationals that has gripped parts of South Africa.
China’s foreign ministry said that the country has already made formal complaints to South Africa over xenophobic attacks against Chinese nationals.
South African President Jacob Zuma met visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Cape Town on Wednesday, with the two sides vowing to strengthen industrial cooperation.
About 400 migrants died in an attempt to reach Italy from Libya when their boat capsized, survivors said on Tuesday, the latest tragedy in the Mediterranean where the death toll from shipwrecks has surged this year.
The United States and Sierra Leone on Tuesday began enrolling and vaccinating volunteers in the West African country for a candidate Ebola vaccine trial, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said.
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