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10/08/2011 - France

Marseille to evict 90 Roma

France’s second-biggest city, Marseille, is to evict dozens of Roma camped out on the outskirts of the city. Rights groups have condemned the move and declared it “illogical”.

02/08/2011 - Norway

Norway gunman wants Japanese psychiatrists, government to resign

The right-wing gunman responsible for last month’s massacre in Norway wants Japanese psychiatrists to establish if he is sane

27/07/2011 - France

France's far-right Front National suspends former candidate for Oslo massacre remarks

A member of France's far-right Front National party has been suspended after making remarks on his blog interpreted as a defence of Norwegian mass murderer Ander Breivik.

02/06/2011 - South Africa - report

Johannesburg residents protect Somali shopkeepers

Residents of a South African squatter camp have turned on local businessmen who have been threatening Somali shopkeepers.

28/05/2011 - South Africa - report

South African police blame business feud for anti-Somali violence

Some Somali shopkeepers are returning to their businesses in the South African city of Port Elizabeth after two nights of violence saw 58 shops attacked and looted.

22/02/2011 - France

Trade union red-faced as official joins National Front

France’s largest  trade union, the CGT, is threatening to close a local branch whose secretary is to represent the far-right Front National (FN) in upcoming elections.

15/07/2010 - France

Caen police probe mosque vandalism

Police have opened an investigation after vandals scrawled swastikas and xenophobic slogans on the construction site of a mosque in north-western France, prosecutors said Thursday.

South African border with Zimbabwe
08/07/2010 - South Africa

South Africa fears return of xenophobic violence

South Africa's government is playing down concerns that locals will turn on poor African migrants competing for jobs when the curtain falls on the football World Cup.

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