Students from the University of Zambia protested in the capital, Lusaka,
against attacks on foreign nationals in South Africa.
Hundreds of students gathered on campus and marched to a number of popular
shopping malls and targeting South African-owned businesses. Three malls in
Lusaka have been shut in the process.
The protests were largely peaceful despite scattered looting incidents. A
section of the protesters marched to the South African High Commission and
others went to President Edgar Lungu’s residence.
South African grocer Shoprite Holdings said on Wednesday several stores in
its home market, Nigeria and Zambia were closed and extensive damage had been
done to several supermarkets over the past 24 hours.
The shops were attacked after days of riots in South Africa chiefly
targeting foreign-owned, including Nigerian, businesses.
