Mozambique to repatriate 1,000 citizens after attacks on foreign nationals in South Africa

MAPUTO, June 3 — Mozambique plans to repatriate nearly 1,000 citizens from South Africa following a recent wave of attacks targeting foreign nationals, according to authorities. Speaking on Tuesday after a meeting of the Council of Ministers in Maputo, Minister of Health Ussene Isse said nine Mozambican nationals had lost their lives in the violence and related incidents. “Five were killed in the attacks, two were hit by cars as they attempted to escape, and two others died in a car crash,”