US to end funding of South Africa's HIV programmes over claims of Afrikaner persecution

US to end funding of South Africa's HIV programmes over claims of Afrikaner persecution13 minutes agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleDamian ZaneGetty ImagesDonald Trump confronted South Africa's Cyril Ramaphosa at the White House last year over claims that Afrikaners were being persecutedThe US government says it will stop funding programmes in South Africa intended to tackle the spread of HIV and Aids, linking the decision to the government's alleged failure to protect the white-minority Afrikaner community.South Africa's health ministry responded by saying that though it had not been informed of this decision, it had "long been working on a self-reliance plan".More than eight million South Africans are living with HIV – the highest number of any country in the world.Until 2025, the…

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