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Trump’s Entry Into African Diplomacy Stumbles Over Nile Dispute

Jul 10, 2020
...In a conversation with a small group of delegates at a conference last month, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa disparaged Trump’s involvement.

Over refreshments, he said the U.S. leader would need to visit Africa to sort things out in person but wouldn’t, because it is a “shithole” -- a reference to Trump’s 2018 comments about the continent. Ramaphosa also said that instead of allowing the African Union, which he currently chairs, to resolve the deadlock, Sisi “went running to his master,” a reference to America. Ramaphosa’s spokeswoman Khusela Diko said she had no knowledge of the conversation...

...In response, Ethiopia took advantage of the fact that the AU chairmanship passed from Egypt to South Africa this year and asked Ramaphosa to get involved. The negotiations have now gone back to the AU, where several attempts years earlier to resolve the issue failed.

https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/trump-s-ent ... -1.1463289

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