{"id":113594,"date":"2015-05-04T12:48:29","date_gmt":"2015-05-04T12:48:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=113594"},"modified":"2015-05-04T13:04:58","modified_gmt":"2015-05-04T13:04:58","slug":"shut-down-sa-embassies-african-students-in-turkey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/05\/shut-down-sa-embassies-african-students-in-turkey\/","title":{"rendered":"Close South African embassies – African students in Turkey"},"content":{"rendered":"
Controversies surrounding the recent xenophobic attacks in South Africa are far from being over because some African students studying in Turkey are calling for the closure of South African embassies in other parts of the African continent.<\/p>\n
They have also chastised African leaders for not demonstrating enough commitment towards combating the \u201cneedless attacks\u201d which caused the death of some African immigrants in South Africa.<\/p>\n
According to them, shutting down all South African Embassies in other African countries would be in solidarity with the victims.<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n Leaders of the various African students associations in Turkey in an exclusive Citi News interview described the xenophobic attacks as heartless, hence their call.<\/p>\n \nVice President of the African Students Association in Turkey, Yussif Mugoya from Uganda chastised the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the African Union for not sanctioning the South African government.<\/p>\n He said, \u201cAll South African embassies should be closed until the problem is solved: I just beg all the African countries should do something to the South Africans who are in those countries, either to send them back or something else.\u201d<\/p>\n Yussif Mugoya said the South African government should bow its head in shame for the xenophobic attacks which repercussions could endanger Africa\u2019s unity.<\/p>\n