NIGERIA-SAFRICA-XENOPHOBIA-DEMO(01 of12)
Open Image ModalNigerian students shout slogans against South Africa as they protest outside the South African Digital Satellite TV\'s (DSTV) Nigerian headquarters in Abuja against the recent spike in attacks targeting foreign nationals in South Africa on February 23, 2017. / AFP / PHILIP OJISUA (Photo credit should read PHILIP OJISUA/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:PHILIP OJISUA via Getty Images)
NIGERIA-SAFRICA-XENOPHOBIA-DEMO(02 of12)
Open Image ModalNigerian students shout slogans against South Africa as they protest outside the South African Digital Satellite TV\'s (DSTV) Nigerian headquarters in Abuja against the recent spike in attacks targeting foreign nationals in South Africa on February 23, 2017. / AFP / PHILIP OJISUA (Photo credit should read PHILIP OJISUA/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:PHILIP OJISUA via Getty Images)
SAFRICA-NIGERIA/XENOPHOBIA(03 of12)
Open Image ModalA local security staff member places a notice on the wall after anti-South African protesters attacked the MTN office in Abuja, Nigeria February 23, 2017. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde (credit:Afolabi Sotunde / Reuters)
SAFRICA-NIGERIA/XENOPHOBIA(04 of12)
Open Image ModalAnti-riot police vehicles are seen parked during an anti-South African violence rally in front of the Foreign Affairs Ministry building in Abuja, Nigeria February 23, 2017. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde (credit:Afolabi Sotunde / Reuters)
SAFRICA-VIOLENCE/(05 of12)
Open Image ModalPeople protesting against xenophobia in South Africa hold placards in front of the South African consulate in Lagos April 16, 2015. REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye (credit:Akintunde Akinleye / Reuters)
SAFRICA-VIOLENCE/(06 of12)
Open Image ModalFirst Secretary at the South African consulate general George Nesengane stands in front of the consulate after youths protesting against xenophobia in South Africa presented a placard to him in Lagos April 16, 2015. REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye (credit:Akintunde Akinleye / Reuters)
SAFRICA-NIGERIA/XENOPHOBIA(07 of12)
Open Image ModalAnti-South African protesters are seen gathered at the Foreign Affairs Ministry in Abuja, Nigeria February 23, 2017. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde (credit:Afolabi Sotunde / Reuters)
SAFRICA-NIGERIA/XENOPHOBIA(08 of12)
Open Image ModalA notice is seen on the wall after anti-South African protesters attacked the MTN office in Abuja, Nigeria February 23, 2017. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde (credit:Afolabi Sotunde / Reuters)
SAFRICA-NIGERIA/XENOPHOBIA(09 of12)
Open Image ModalProtesters are seen during an anti-South African violence rally in front of the Foreign Affairs Ministry building in Abuja, Nigeria February 23, 2017. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde (credit:Afolabi Sotunde / Reuters)
NIGERIA-SAFRICA-XENOPHOBIA-DEMO(10 of12)
Open Image ModalNigerian security forces and vehicles block a road leading to the South African embassy in Abuja as Nigerian students protest against the recent spike in attacks targeting foreign nationals in South Africa on February 23, 2017. / AFP / PHILIP OJISUA (Photo credit should read PHILIP OJISUA/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:PHILIP OJISUA via Getty Images)
SAFRICA-UNREST-RACISM-DEMO(11 of12)
Open Image ModalA man runs holding a Nigerian flag as thousands march against the recent wave of xenophobic attacks in South Africa through the streets of Johannesburg CBD on April 23, 2015. Several thousand demonstrators marched through central Johannesburg on Thursday to protest against a spate of deadly attacks on immigrants, after further raids by the authorities on suspected gang hideouts. Watched by police, crowds sang songs denouncing xenophobia and carried banners that read \'We are all Africans\' as migrant workers crowded balconies, shouting their support. AFP PHOTO/GIANLUIGI GUERCIA (Photo credit should read GIANLUIGI GUERCIA/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:GIANLUIGI GUERCIA via Getty Images)
NIGERIA-SAFRICA-XENOPHOBIA-DEMO(12 of12)
Open Image ModalNigerian security forces take position as students protest outside the South African Digital Satellite TV\'s (DSTV) Nigerian headquarters in Abuja against the recent spike in attacks targeting foreign nationals in South Africa on February 23, 2017. / AFP / PHILIP OJISUA (Photo credit should read PHILIP OJISUA/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:PHILIP OJISUA via Getty Images)