Anti-migrant vigilante group Dudula stokes tensions in South Africa
Johannesburg, South AfricaReuters Shopkeepers pulled down their metal shutters and foreign staff stayed out of sight as hundreds marched through a Johannesburg neighbourhood demanding that migrants leave and that their jobs go to South Africans. The march through dilapidated Hillbrow, where many African migrants live, was organised by Operation Dudula, a vigilante group whose activities […]
Italian lawmaker sorry for calling hostage a “neo-terrorist”
Rome, ItalyAP A right-wing lawmaker apologised Thursday for calling a young Italian woman who converted to Islam while held hostage in Somalia a “neo-terrorist.” Alessandro Pagano of the anti-migrant League party said in a Facebook post that he had intended to criticize the government, not Silvia Romano, with his remarks in the lower house of […]