At least one Ethiopian has been killed and another injured in anti-immigrant riots in Soweto, South Africa, the Foreign Affairs ministry in Addis Ababa said on Friday.The ministry in a statement said the injured Ethiopian has received medical treatment. The Ethiopian embassy in Pretoria on Thursday advised its citizens who live in Soweto and its environs to take necessary precautions. With the end of apartheid and the dawn of democracy in 1994, South Africa opened up to the world. The Ethiopia embassy said it was working to ensure the safety of Ethiopians in South Africa in the wake of the violence. Properties belonging to Ethiopians have been looted since Thursday afternoon in Soweto where the nationals are concentrated in large numbers.

Source: Ethiopian News August 31, 2018 16:30 UTC