The US is expelling South Africa’s ambassador to Washington, Ebrahim Rasool, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio calling him a “race-baiting politician” and declaring him “no longer welcome” in the country. Tensions between the two nations have been rising, with the US citing racial discrimination against white Afrikaners as a reason for freezing aid to South Africa. Rasool, who previously served as US ambassador, was forcibly removed from his home in a white area under Apartheid, which has influenced his views on race relations.
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