xenophobia
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While Ruto's latest move is likely to prove controversial given Kenya's status as regional economic hub, it also comes amid wider concerns about xenophobia elsewhere in Africa.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
Previous waves of xenophobia were localized and universally condemned by politicians, said Loren Landau, a senior researcher with the African Centre for Migration & Society at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026
Justice, defence and crime ministers held an "urgent meeting" to finalise a "plan to combat racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance", the government said.
From Barron's ● May 25, 2026
Of course, artists alone will not save us from the perils of racism and xenophobia — I learned that from my time in the punk community.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 5, 2026
In the near and paranoiac past of most countries in transition, terror-filled xenophobia was both a wise survival tactic and an indoctrinated instinct.
From After the Rain : how the West lost the East by Samuel Vaknin
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