Trump’s ban on migrants is big challenge to unity, says Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma
Addis Ababa — The US travel ban on seven Muslim-majority countries including three in Africa, heralded "turbulent times" for the continent, outgoing AU commission chief Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma said on Monday. The head of the 54-member AU made the remarks in a speech to open the AU’s summit, after US President Donald Trump’s executive order halted travel by people with passports from Libya, Somalia, Sudan and four other Middle East nations for 90 days, and stopped refugee resettlement for 120 days. "We are entering very turbulent times. The very country to which many of our people were taken as slaves during the transatlantic slave trade has now decided to ban refugees from some of our countries. What do we do about this? Indeed, this is one of the greatest challenges to our unity and solidarity," she told African leaders in the Ethiopian capital. In another potentially divisive move, the 54 heads of state gathered in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, will have to decide whether to ...
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