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February 10, 2025

Trump Freezes U.S. Aid to South Africa over "Unjust Racial Discrimination" Against Whites
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President Trump has ordered a freeze on foreign aid to South Africa,
claiming the country's white population is facing "unjust racial
discrimination." Trump has repeatedly criticized a new land reform law
in South Africa, where the country's white minority still owns the vast
majority of farmland 30 years after the end of apartheid rule. We will
have more on this story after headlines.


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