{"id":454837,"date":"2018-01-13T11:14:30","date_gmt":"2018-01-13T11:14:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/01\/13\/donald-trump-must-apologise-for-comments-african-union\/"},"modified":"2018-01-13T11:14:30","modified_gmt":"2018-01-13T11:14:30","slug":"donald-trump-must-apologise-for-comments-african-union","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/01\/13\/donald-trump-must-apologise-for-comments-african-union\/","title":{"rendered":"Donald Trump must apologise for comments &#8211; African Union"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"post-281008\">\n<div class=\"post-header post-tp-1-header\">\n<div class=\"single-featured\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img alt=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/TRUMP-1.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content clearfix single-post-content\">\n<div class=\"bsac bsac-clearfix bsac-post-top bsac-float-center bsac-align-center bsac-column-1 bsac-hide-on-phone bsac-hide-on-tablet-portrait bsac-hide-on-tablet-landscape bsac-hide-on-desktop\">\n<div id=\"bsac-277964-1361551924\" class=\"bsac-container bsac-type-image  bsac-hide-on-desktop bsac-hide-on-tablet-portrait bsac-hide-on-tablet-landscape bsac-hide-on-phone\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WPAdBlock\" data-adid=\"277964\" data-type=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"bsac-image\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/top-banner-web-renault.jpg\" alt=\"Renault\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"story-body__introduction\">The organisation representing African countries has demanded that US President Donald Trump apologise after he reportedly called nations on the continent \u201cshitholes\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The African Union mission in Washington DC expressed its \u201cshock, dismay and outrage\u201d and said the Trump administration misunderstood Africans.<\/p>\n<p>The US leader made the alleged remark in a Thursday meeting on immigration.<\/p>\n<p>But Mr Trump has denied using the language reported.<\/p>\n<p>He has been backed by two Republicans who were at the White House meeting, but Democratic Senator Dick Durbin said Mr Trump called African countries \u201cshitholes\u201d several times and used \u201cracist\u201d language.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, Mr Trump on Friday tweeted that his language he used at the private meeting with lawmakers to discuss immigration legislation had been \u201ctough\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>But he added that the words attributed to him were \u201cnot the language used\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Source: BBC<\/p>\n<div class=\"bsac bsac-clearfix bsac-post-bottom bsac-float-center bsac-align-center bsac-column-1\">\n<div id=\"bsac-268363-1422390471\" class=\"bsac-container bsac-type-image \" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WPAdBlock\" data-adid=\"268363\" data-type=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"bsac-image\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Telesol-new-ad.jpg\" alt=\"Homepage Header Ad\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>(function(d, s, id) {\n  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n  js = d.createElement(s); 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The African Union mission in Washington DC expressed its \u201cshock, dismay and outrage\u201d and said the Trump administration misunderstood Africans. The US leader made the alleged remark in a Thursday meeting on immigration. 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