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Politics● Elevated1d ago · Nov 2, 2026, 7:33 PM

Trump to remove Rwanda and South Africa from US trade deal

GlobeAlert Desk · curated from BBC World · Sub-Saharan Africa

The move comes barely a week after Rwanda's defence ministry was hit with sanctions by the US Treasury.

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