The African community in Guangzhou is on edge after widespread accounts were shared on social media of people being left homeless this week, as China's warnings against imported coronavirus cases, they say, stokes anti-foreigner sentiment
Hong Kong The African community in Guangzhou is on edge after widespread accounts were shared on social media of people being left homeless this week, as China's warnings against imported coronavirus cases, they say, stokes anti-foreigner sentiment.
In the southern Chinese city, Africans have reported being evicted from their homes by landlords and turned away from hotels, despite many claiming to have no recent travel history or known contact with Covid-19 patients.
— Geoffrey Onyeama April 9, 2020 On late Thursday night, local time in Abuja, Nigerian Foreign Affairs Minister Geoffrey Onyeama tweeted that he had invited the Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria Zhou Pingjian to communicate his government's"extreme concern at allegations of maltreatment of Nigerians in Guangzhou."China has been trying to position itself as a friend to African states, as they battle the virus.
Where is South Africa going get money to pay them back, in addition to causing the deaths of our innocent citizens? — Blessings Ramoba 🇿🇦 March 31, 2020 Ghana's finance minister called on China to ease African countries' debt burden earlier this month, while on March 31, Blessings Ramoba, President of Mining Forum of South Africa, tweeted that the coronavirus had caused the South African economy to lose"billions of rand.""The Chinese govt must cancel the debt owed by South Africa as a sign of remorse," he said.
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