ABUJA: African countries are seething over accounts that Africans are battling stigma and discrimination in China over the coronavirus pandemic, ...
A storm has brewed over the treatment of people in the"Little Africa" district of Guangzhou, China. AFP/Fred DUFOURABUJA: African countries are seething over accounts that Africans are battling stigma and discrimination in China over the coronavirus pandemic, apparently linked to a cluster of cases in the Nigerian community in the southern city of Guangzhou.
The African Union on Saturday expressed its"extreme concern" about the situation in Guanghzou and called on Beijing to take immediate corrective measures.Diplomats said around 20 African countries are drawing up a joint letter to Beijing to say that mass virus tests and quarantines imposed specifically on Africans amount to"racism".
Several Africans told AFP they had been forcibly evicted from their homes and turned away by hotels. One said he had been sleeping under a bridge for four days and could not find a store that would allow him to buy food. China has reacted furiously to any references that it says could spur xenophobia because of the virus's origins.
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