Nigeria warns citizens ahead of South Africa anti-foreigner protests

The Consulate General of Nigeria in Johannesburg ha agilisi sanarwa ta tsaro ga ’yan Najeriya a Afirka ta Kudu saboda zanga-zangar adawa ga baƙiwa da aka shirya a ranar Alhamis, 4 ga Mayu, 2026. A cewar sanarwar da aka sanya hannu da Shikena mai gaskiya, Ambassador Ninikanwa Okey-Uche, za a yi zanga-zanga a ko’ina cikin kasar. ’Yan Najeriya da sauran baƙiwa na Afirka suna cikin tsoro saboda tashin hankali.

A sanarwar da aka fitar a ranar Lahadi, Consulate General na Najeriya a Johannesburg ya ce an sanar da su game da ƙungiyoyin adawa ga baƙiwa da ke shirye-shiryen zanga-zanga a ko’ina cikin itaen Afirka ta Kudu. Za a yi zanga-zanga a biranen Johannesburg, Pretoria, Cape Town, da Durban, inda za a taru a Mary Fitzgerald Square a Newtown tsakanin 10 da 11 na safe, kuma za a gabatar da memorandum da misali a rana.

"Duk ’yan Najeriya ana karfin magana da su su guje wa yin hulɗa da masu zanga-zanga ko musu fuskantar su," in ji sanarwar. An shawarar masu kasuwanci na Najeriya su rufe shagunansu na wucin gadi, saboda kasuwannin mallakar baƙiwa na iya zama abin hari.

Wannan sanarwa ta zo a lokacin da tashin hankali na xenophobia ke ƙaruwa, inda Consulate ya tabbatar da mutuwar ’yan Najeriya biyu: Amaramiro Emmanuel bayan tashin da sojojin Afirka ta Kudu suka yi masa a 20 ga Afrilu, da Ekpenyong Andrew bayan kama da ’yan ‘yan sanda a Pretoria. Gwamnatin Najeriya ta kira wakilin difa na Afirka ta Kudu kuma tana shirya jiragen repatriation na son zuciya, inda mutane 130 suka yi rajista.

Masana sun kira gwamnatoci su ƙarfafa haɗin kai, tare da hana tashin hankali daga zanga-zanga zuwa tashin adda. ’Yan Najeriya a Afirka ta Kudu sun fara rufe kasuwanci da guje wa taron jama’a saboda tsoro.

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