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The consensus is that it was Ebrahim Rasool’s responsibility to hold his tongue, a kind of golden rule in diplomacy.
South Africa's diplomat Ebrahim Rasool was welcomed as a hero in his home in Cape Town. But his departure marked an unusually big step in deteriorating ties between Washington and Pretoria.The crowds ...
Former ambassador Ebrahim Rasool reflects on his return to South Africa and the challenges of US-South Africa relations.
Johannesburg — The Trump administration expelled South Africa's Ambassador Ebrahim Rasool on Friday, giving him 72 hours to leave the country. In a social media post, Secretary of State Marco ...
Secretary Rubio publicly berated Ambassador Rasool in a most undiplomatic tweet on March 14, writing: “South Africa’s Ambassador to the United States is no longer welcome in our great country. Ebrahim ...
Rasool was declared persona non grata due to comments he made during a webinar about the US and the Donald Trump ...
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 ...
“The Presidency has noted the regrettable expulsion of South Africa’s Ambassador to the United States of America, Mr. Ebrahim ...
Ebrahim Rasool was always unlikely to mince his words when it came to assessing the new US administration. But in a message to family and friends, South Africa's top envoy in Washington sounded almost ...
Trump’s decision to expel the South African ambassador is its latest move against a country it has singled out for sanctions and accused of being anti-white and anti-American.