Former South African Ambassador to the United States, Ebrahim Rasool, greets relatives and supporters upon his arrival at Cape Town International Airport on March 23, 2025.

Expelled South Africa Ambassador Ebrahim Rasool speaks to supporters following his arrival, at Cape Town International Airport in Cape Town, South Africa, Sunday, March 23, 2025.

Expelled South Africa Ambassador Ebrahim Rasool speaks to supporters following his arriving, at Cape Town International Airport in Cape Town, South Africa, Sunday, March 23, 2025.

FILE – South Africa’s ambassador to the U.S. Ebrahim Rasool speaks at the South African Embassy in Washington, Dec. 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File) By Matthew Lee ...

Analysis - In a rare move, the Trump administration expelled Ebrahim Rasool, South Africa's ambassador to Washington, in mid-March 2025. In a post on X, US secretary of state Marco Rubio accused ...

Rubio declared Ebrahim Rasool persona non grata. The Trump administration’s Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, declared in a social media post on March 14 that South African Ambassador Ebrahim ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Friday that South Africa’s ambassador to the United States “is no longer welcome” in the country, in the latest Trump administration ...

The South African ambassador who was expelled from the United States and declared persona non grata by the Trump administration was given a hero’s welcome on his return home Sunday, when ...

FILE - South Africa's ambassador to the U.S. Ebrahim Rasool speaks at the South African Embassy in Washington, Dec. 6, 2013.