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Letter from Trump prompts African leaders to refrain from criticizing him

US President Donald Trump

African leaders say they have decided to refrain from issuing a resolution to criticize Donald Trump’s alleged reference to their nations as “shithole countries” because the U.S. president sent them a letter expressing respect for the continent.

The leaders who met at an African Union summit in the Ethiopian capital were initially set to demand an apology from Trump over the remark reported by sources at a meeting on immigration with him this month. Trump denies making the comment.

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