A flight carrying 59 refugees from South Africa landed in the United States on Monday afternoon -- as the Trump administration insists that the expedited process for white South Africans to seek refuge in the United States has nothing to do with race.

By Nellie Peyton JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -Testing and monitoring of HIV patients across South Africa have fallen since the United States cut aid that funded health workers and clinics, with pregnant women,

South Africa had "expressed concern" to the United States after reports it will accept from next week the first white Afrikaners it had offered to resettle, the foreign ministry said Friday. The South African government had "expressed concerns with the information conveyed that the United States has commenced with processing alleged refugees from South Africa",

Between the expiration of the African Growth and Opportunity Act and the potential implementation of tariffs as high as 50 percent, the continent is desperate for options.