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South Africa ambassador ordered to leave country by Fri.

South African ambassador has to leave the US by Friday, Trump administration says

After Secretary of State Marco Rubio determined that Ambassador Ebrahim Rasool was no longer welcome in the U.S. and posted his decision Friday on social media, South African embassy staff were summoned to the State Department and given a formal diplomatic note explaining the decision,

The New York Times · 7d

Trump Administration Expels South Africa’s Ambassador to the U.S.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio had lashed out on social media over comments critical of President Trump that the ambassador had made to a think tank in Johannesburg.

Reuters · 4d

US says South African ambassador's remarks were 'unacceptable'

Remarks by South Africa's ambassador to the United States about President Donald Trump were "unacceptable," a State Department spokesperson told reporters on Monday after Washington last week made the decision to expel the envoy.

US expels South Africa's ambassador, Rubio calls him 'race-baiting' America hater

Ties between the United States and South Africa have deteriorated since Trump cut U.S. financial aid to the country.

6don MSN

U.S. expels 'race-baiting' South African Ambassador Ebrahim Rasool

Sec. of State Marco Rubio announced the expulsion of South African Ambassador Ebrahim Rasool following remarks Rasool made ...

3dOpinion

With America hostile to multilateralism, G20 president South Africa should forge closer ties with Europe

The G20 is facing a crisis. This is due to the United States’ newfound hostility to multilateralism of all kinds and ...

3dOpinion

Democracy in crisis: America and South Africa’s parallel paths

Like apartheid-era South African whites, today’s Republicans will need to choose between an accommodation with the coming ...

BusinessTech4d

United States wants ‘basic respect’ from South Africa

US State Department says comments by former South African envoy in Washington Ebrahim Rasool were obscene and lacked basic, ...

The Business & Financial Times on MSN1d

South Africa’s G20 presidency and the United States: Geo-economic implications for Africa

By Kestér Kenn KLOMEGÂHSouth Africa, for the first time, heads the G20, a multilateral organization, and it is taking pecuniary measures to balance the heightening complexities around the world.With ...

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