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March 21, 2017

CA: African Trade Summit Held Without Any African Attendees, After Visas Were Denied
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In California, a three-day African trade conference at the University of
Southern California was held without a single person from Africa, after
the U.S. government denied the visas of every single African seeking to
attend. Organizers of the African Global Economic and Development Summit
say between 60 and 100 potential attendees from Africa all had their
visas denied. Organizer Mary Flowers said, "I don't know if it's Trump
or if it's the fact that the embassies that have been discriminating for
a long time see this as an opportunity, because of talk of the travel
ban, to blatantly reject everyone."


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