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Trump orders freeze of aid to South Africa, citing country's land expropriation law

Headline from The Republic, on the newest of 2 developments

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump signed an executive order Friday formalizing his announcement earlier this week that he’ll freeze assistance to South Africa for a law aiming to address some of the wrongs of South Africa’s racist apartheid era — a law the White House says amounts to discrimi…

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  1. Trump vows to cut off aid to South Africa over land issue

    Headline from The Fence Post ·

  2. Newest

    Trump orders freeze of aid to South Africa, citing country's land expropriation law

    Headline from The Republic ·

Reports & sources

25 articles, oldest first.

  1. Breitbart News

    Trump Cuts Off Funding to South Africa over Racial Land Confiscation (opens Breitbart News)

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    Breitbart News's feed description

    President Donald Trump announced Sunday that he is suspending U.S. aid to South Africa after the latter passed a law on land expropriation.

  2. Washington Examiner

    Trump announces he is cutting all funding to South Africa due to ‘massive’ human rights violation (opens Washington Examiner)

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    Washington Examiner's feed description

    The president pointed out the confiscation of land by South Africa as well as class conflict as reasons for the halt in funding

  3. The Fence Post

    Trump vows to cut off aid to South Africa over land issue (opens The Fence Post)

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    The Fence Post's feed description

    President Donald Trump has said he will cut all future funding to South Africa over allegations that it was confiscating land and “treating certain classes of people very badly,” a reference to white farmers, BBC and CNN reported. Most...

  4. MyNorthwest

    Trump orders freeze of aid to South Africa citing country's land expropriation law (opens MyNorthwest)

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    MyNorthwest's feed description

    WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump signed an executive order Friday formalizing his announcement earlier this week that he’ll freeze assistance to South

  5. The Republic

    Trump orders freeze of aid to South Africa, citing country's land expropriation law (opens The Republic)

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    The Republic's feed description

    WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump signed an executive order Friday formalizing his announcement earlier this week that he’ll freeze assistance to South Africa for a law aiming to address some of the wrongs of South Africa’s racist apartheid era — a law the White House says amounts to discrimi…

  6. The American Conservative

    Trump Halts Aid to South Africa (opens The American Conservative)

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    The American Conservative's feed description

    State of the Union: The president also promoted resettlement of Afrikaner refugees in the U.S.

  7. Voice of America

    Trump orders freeze of aid to South Africa, cites country's land expropriation law (opens Voice of America)

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    Voice of America's feed description

    White House says law amounts to discrimination against country's white minority

  8. Breitbart News

    Trump Bars Aid to South Africa; Offers Asylum to 'Afrikaner Refugees' (opens Breitbart News)

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    Breitbart News's feed description

    Trump signed an executive order suspending aid to South Africa and offering asylum to "Afrikaner refugees."

  9. CNN

    Trump freezes aid to South Africa over controversial land law, claiming discrimination against White farmers (opens CNN)

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    CNN's feed description

    US President Donald Trump signed an executive order Friday aimed at freezing assistance to South Africa over a controversial law which allows the government to seize farmland from ethnic minorities - namely White farmers - without compensation, as well as the country’s stance against Israel and its …

  10. Washington Examiner

    Trump signs executive order sanctioning South Africa over treatment of Afrikaners, offers refuge in US (opens Washington Examiner)

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    Washington Examiner's feed description

    The order holds that the U.S. will withhold all aid and support from South Africa until its policies are changed

  11. Al Jazeera

    Trump freezes aid to South Africa amid spat over land expropriation law (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Al Jazeera's feed description

    Trump’s executive order comes after South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said his country would not be ‘bullied.’

  12. New York Times

    Trump Orders Halt to Aid to South Africa, Claiming Mistreatment of White Landowners (opens New York Times)

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    New York Times's feed description

    The president ordered that all foreign assistance to South Africa be halted and said his administration would prioritize the resettling of white, “Afrikaner refugees” into the United States.

  13. WSVN Miami

    Why is Trump punishing South Africa and who are the Afrikaners he wants to give refugee status to? - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports (opens WSVN Miami)

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    WSVN Miami's feed description

    CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump followed through on his promise to punish South Africa by signing an executive order Friday stopping all aid to the country

  14. Green Field Reporter

    Trump orders freeze of aid to South Africa, citing country's land expropriation law - The Daily Reporter (opens Green Field Reporter)

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    Green Field Reporter's feed description

    WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump signed an executive order Friday formalizing his announcement earlier this week that he’ll freeze assistance to South Africa for a law aiming to address some of the wrongs of South Africa’s racist apartheid era — a law the White House says amounts to discrimi…

  15. Fox News

    Trump freezes aid to South Africa, promotes resettlement of refugees facing race discrimination (opens Fox News)

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    Fox News's feed description

    President Donald Trump signed an executive order freezing all aid to South Africa and pledging to promote resettlement of refugees facing race discrimination.

  16. Latin Times

    Trump Accuses South Africa of Discriminating Against Whites, Freezes Foreign Aid Until It Reforms Law (opens Latin Times)

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    Latin Times's feed description

    The Trump administration is prioritizing relocating White South Africans affected by the law despite the South African government denying any wrongdoing.

  17. The Guardian

    Trump cuts aid to South Africa over ‘racial discrimination’ against Afrikaners (opens The Guardian)

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    The Guardian's feed description

    US president also offers asylum to Afrikaners and criticises law that allows land seizures without compensation in some circumstances

Identical headlines usually mean shared wire copy. They are counted as separate articles but are not independent confirmation.

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