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Tensions ease in South Africa-Nigeria xenophobia row

People rummage through looted foreign-owned shops in Malvern, a Johannesburg suburb. [AFP]

Tensions eased between twin African powerhouses South Africa and Nigeria on Thursday after Pretoria temporarily closed its diplomatic missions in the rival state following a wave of attacks on foreign-owned stores there that claimed 10 lives.

"Nigeria does not seek an escalation of the ongoing situation," a senior aide to Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari told reporters on condition of anonymity.

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