Question: Recently South Africa shits embassy in which of the following country?
(a) Nigeria
(b) Guatemala
(c) Latvia
(d) Estonia
Answer: (a)
Related facts:
- As per report dated 6th September, 2019, South Africa has temporarily closed its diplomatic missions in Nigeria following reprisal attacks by Nigerians triggered by xenophobic violence in South Africa.
- South Africa’s Foreign Minister, Naledi Pandor, called the violence an embarrassment for her country.
- She ordered the closure of the country’s high commission in the Nigerian capital, Abuja, and its mission in Lagos, following threats made to the diplomatic staff.
- Mobs looted and destroyed shops, many of them foreign-owned, in South Africa’s commercial hub, Johannesburg. The unrest subsided after arrest of more than 420 rioters.
- South African-owned businesses were targeted by protesters in several Nigerian cities, and the looters said the attacks were reprisals for the killing of Nigerians in South Africa.
Links:
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/09/south-africa-shuts-embassy-nigeria-reprisal-attacks-190905064418164.html
http://newsonair.com/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=371157