South Africa rebukes US over ‘flawed’ human rights report

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa

South Africa’s government slammed a report published by US President Donald Trump’s administration that said the human-rights situation in the African nation “significantly worsened” last year.

The review published by the State Department late on Tuesday echoed some of Trump’s ongoing criticisms of the country, which include false claims that Afrikaners are the victims of targeted killings and land was being unlawfully seized from the group by the government.

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