{"id":391437,"date":"2018-01-14T13:28:13","date_gmt":"2018-01-14T13:28:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=391437"},"modified":"2018-01-15T06:17:05","modified_gmt":"2018-01-15T06:17:05","slug":"us-has-great-respect-for-africa-embassy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2018\/01\/us-has-great-respect-for-africa-embassy\/","title":{"rendered":"US has &#8216;great respect&#8217; for Africa &#8211; Embassy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The United States Embassy in Ghana seems to be distancing itself from the alleged comments made by US President\u00a0Donald Trump denigrating African countries, along with other nations with persons of African descent.<\/p>\n<p>A tweet from the Embassy conveyed what it called its &#8220;great respect for the people of Africa&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;IQKMS8S1p6nYfXVFUcEbxGjEUbRZol5h&#8221;]&#8221;Our commitment to Ghana and all our African partners remains strong. It\u2019s an honor for our staff to serve here alongside Ghanaians, and we deeply value our relationship with them,&#8221; the tweet added.<\/p>\n<p>The Washington Post first reported that President Trump had described some African nations as \u2018shithole countries.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The alleged remarks made a meeting at the White House to consider migrant policies, were said to have also been made in reference to Haiti and El Salvador.<\/p>\n<p>President Trump has since dismissed the claims, however, White House communicators have however failed to categorically deny that he made those comments.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Backlash<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There was global outrage after the Washington Post reports with African\u00a0leaders, including President Nana Akufo-Addo <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2018\/01\/13\/wont-accept-insults-trump-nana-addo\/\">condemning<\/a><\/strong><\/span> President Trump.<\/p>\n<p>President Akufo-Addo said Ghana will \u201cnot accept such insults, even from a leader of a friendly country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Former President John Mahama was also critical of the US President, describing him\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2018\/01\/13\/mahama-slams-racist-trump-urges-action-from-au\/\">as a racist<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfricans and Haitians come from \u2018shithole\u2019 countries? Isn\u2019t Trump demonstrating that he\u2019s nothing but a racist and pursuing a policy of \u2018Make America White Again\u2019? I congratulate Botswana for showing the way. Our AU Presidents must respond strongly to this insult,\u201d Mr. Mahama said in a tweet.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0African Union has also said it was alarmed by President Trump\u2019s remarks and issued a statement calling for the US leader to apologise for the remarks.<\/p>\n<p>It said the \u201cremarks dishonor the celebrated American creed and respect for diversity and human dignity\u201d and that there was a serious need \u201cfor dialogue between the US Administration and the African countries.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The African Group of Ambassadors to the United Nations released a statement demanding a retraction and apology from President Trump for the comments.<\/p>\n<p>The group said it was \u201cextremely appalled at and strongly condemns the outrageous racist and xenophobic remarks attributed to the president of the United States of America as widely reported by the media.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Delali Adogla-Bessa\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The United States Embassy in Ghana seems to be distancing itself from the alleged comments made by US President\u00a0Donald Trump denigrating African countries, along with other nations with persons of African descent. 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