The Trump administration escalated its rift with South Africa by declaring the country’s ambassador, Ebrahim Rasool, persona non grata—a rare diplomatic rebuke typically reserved for lower-ranking ...
The South African ambassador who was expelled from the United States and declared persona non grata by the Trump administration was given a hero’s welcome on his return home Sunday, when hundreds of ...
He says Rasool had no choice but to voice out his frustrations as he was no longer welcomed or invited for diplomatic functions and other events around Trump being sworn into office.