Rioting in South Africa this month has claimed 337 lives, the government said on Thursday, marking yet another jump in the death toll from the 276 announced the previous day.

Death toll in South Africa riots rises to 337

South Africa promised on Thursday to tackle the prejudice fuelling a wave of deadly riots and xenophobic attacks, as international anger over the violence overshadowed a pan-African economic conference in Cape Town.

South Africa tries to contain 'Afrophobia' fallout as riots upstage summit

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Death toll in South Africa riots rises to 337

South Africa tries to contain 'Afrophobia' fallout as riots upstage summit