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US expels South African ambassador after remarks on Trump

South African Ambassador to the US Ebrahim Rasool speaks about Nelson Mandela at the South African Embassy in Washington in 2013 [File: Cliff Owen/AP]

The administration of President Donald Trump has declared South African Ambassador Ebrahim Rasool a persona non grata in the United States.

In a social media post on Friday, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that Rasool was “no longer welcome in our great country”.

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