Are we really not �shithole� continent?

Last week the United States of America (USA) President Donald Trump caused uproar after he allegedly called African nations and others “shithole” countries.

Typical of Botswana Government, it reacted by summoning the US Ambassador to Botswana, Earl Miller to express displeasure at the alleged utterance made by their cantankerous President during a meeting with a bipartisan group of lawmakers at the White House last week Thursday.

The enraged Khama administration also had a fifteen minutes of fame around the world thanks to major international television stations and news agencies who publicised the statement calling on other nations to condemn Trump’s “highly irresponsible, reprehensible and racist” remarks.

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