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“Why are we having all these people from shithole countries come here?” US president Donald Trump reportedly asked last week.
, made during talks on an immigration deal, apparently referred to people from Africa, Haiti and El Salvador.
The alleged insult has not gone down well. There is anger in Africa and in Haiti, a country made up largely of people of African descent. The African Union Mission in Washington DC, which represents member states throughout the continent, is following its “shock, dismay and outrage” at the comment. It “strongly believes that there is a huge misunderstanding” of Africa and its…
