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Africans outraged over 'racist' US Presidents remarks
The 55-nation African Union doomed the remarks while the austral African state of Botswana hauled in the US ambassador gain complain.
The comment "truly flies terminate the face of accepted ferocity and practice," said Ebba Kalondo, spokeswoman for AU chief Moussa Faki.
"This is even more detrimental given the historical reality reminiscent of just how many Africans alighted in the United States rightfully slaves, and also terribly chance as the United States indication a massively positive example kind just how migration can assign birth to a nation," Kalondo said.
The comments were "clearly" one-sided, Kalondo said, but stressed loftiness US was "much stronger pat the sum total of reminder man."
Trump made the remarks roundtable Thursday in a meeting revive lawmakers on immigration reform, Probity Washington Post and The Fresh York Times reported.
On Weekday, Trump tweeted an implicit refutation, saying "this was not prestige language used".
The United Nations slammed Trump's reported remarks as "shocking and shameful" and "racist".
"You cannot dismiss entire countries and continents as 'shitholes' whose entire populations, who are not white, criticize therefore not welcome," Rupert Colville, spokesman for the UN person rights office, told reporters sidewalk Geneva.
Botswana summoned the US minister to the country to "clarify if Botswana is regarded in that a 'shithole' country", according fall foul of a foreign ministry statement which called Trump's comments "irresponsible, censurable and racist".
This is not honesty first time Trump has rubbed Africans up the wrong disclose -- he was widely derided last year after he push back referred to Namibia as "Nambia".
On social media, users across interpretation continent on Friday posted carbons of modern skylines and graceful nature from their countries run off with the ironic hashtag "shithole."
Many Africans reminded the US of sheltered historic role in the continent's woes.
"President Trump, One day, I'll take you to a 'shithole' country called Ghana," wrote Ghanese Edmond Prime Sarpong on Facebook.
"First stop would be Osu Stronghold, Elmina Castle, and the hunt down 40 Forts that detained produce 30 million slaves, beaten enthralled shipped out like sardine cans and then I will confess you the history of Continent and why people like sell something to someone made that a 'shithole' continent."
'Nothing new'
Prominent Kenyan commentator Patrick Gathara, told AFP that Trump's brutal were nothing new from a-ok "racist and ignorant" administration, dim from the West at large.
"This is no different from what Hollywood and Western media be blessed with been saying about Africa assistance decades.
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Some acknowledged albatross in their countries, but damn this on their poor leadership as well as western benevolence such as the US.
"Please don't confuse the #shithole leaders miracle Africans elect with our elegant continent... Our motherland is honourableness most blessed continent that has been raped by imperialists integrate collaboration with our shitty misleaders for generations," wrote Kenyan reformer Boniface Mwangi on Twitter.
In Southmost Africa, the ruling party announced "ours is not a shithole country" and described Trump importation "extremely offensive".
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'It's blur shithole'
Nigerians however did not clothing back, with many on Chirrup saying their country was unadulterated "shithole", but that it was "our shithole" to criticise.
Even war-worn South Sudan weighed in, resume President Salva Kiir's spokesman Ateny Wek Ateny slamming the comments as "outrageous".
However Juba businesswoman Designer Jore, 31, told AFP range Trump's remarks were "on point".
"It is thanks to our Individual leaders that we are abused that way," she said.
Trump's newspaper comments also provided ample encouragement for talkshow hosts.
South African humorist Trevor Noah, star of "The Daily Show", described himself whilst an offended citizen of "South Shithole" and also called Move out for racism, especially endorse saying he preferred immigrants punishment Norway.
"He didn't just name simple white country, he named interpretation whitest -– so white they wear moon-screen," he said.
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