African students News

The Foreign Students' Registry of the DU has received over 300 applications from African nationals, the Delhi University said in a statement.

Realising what he suggested, Bharatiya Janata Party leader Tarun Vijay tweeted to say that his choice of words "sounds ridiculous and was very bad”.

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Wednesday termed as "unfortunate, painful and surprising" the African missions statement describing the attacks on African students as "xenophobic and racial", saying the Indian response to this cannot be called inadequate by any means.

Denouncing attacks on African nationals as "xenophobic and racial" in nature, heads of African missions in India have hit out at the government, saying it took no "known, sufficient and visible" deterrent action.

A consortium of educational bodies here has appealed the college managements to provide hostel facility inside the campus to African students, days after some Nigerians were attacked in Greater Noida.

Nigeria summoned the Indian envoy in Abuja to express displeasure over the attacks on Nigerian students in India.

Claiming that the Greater Noida incident was a "hate crime", an association of African students on Tuesday demanded that they be provided adequate security in the country.

The Bangalore Police has prepared a list of 1500 African nationals who are staying in the country without a valid visa, as per a media report.

Being a mother, I can understand the pain of parents of Congo student, Sushma Swaraj said.

A group of African students in the national capital today called off a demonstration to protest the spate of assaults against the community after the government assured them of better security.

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Minister of State VK Singh are expected to meet African students here on Tuesday to assure them of safety and security.

Foreign Secretary S. Jaishankar on Monday assured a group of African students that the Indian government is committed to ensuring their safety and security even as an Ola driver was allegedly thrashed by a group of Africans after he refused to take more than four passengers in his cab.

African students in India should have no reason to fear for their safety and security. The bonds between the people of India and the people of Africa have been forged since time immemorial, the president said.