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SA-US relations will be scrutinized as US lawmakers seek to review ties, cite ICJ case (www.africanews.com)
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[–] Alsephina@lemmy.ml 7 points 7 months ago

I'm sure this will work out well and won't push them further away from the US's sphere of influence and towards China at all :clueless:

[–] KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml 6 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

SA is the ISO code of Saudi Arabia. ZA is the ISO code for South Africa. Please use the right ISO codes for fucks sake.

[–] stmcld@lemmy.ml 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

This is africanews.com where the focus is on Africa. As in South Africa. As in SA.

The title of the article uses SA for South Africa, so I'm sure they have enough respect for their readers to distinguish between Saudi Arabia and South Africa when reading an article from africanews.com

[–] MNByChoice@midwest.social 2 points 7 months ago

Article send to only list one sponsor of the bill. From Rep. James' website. Sponsors are

Representative John James (MI-10), alongside Rep. Jared Moskowitz (FL-23), have introduced the U.S.-South Africa Bilateral Relations Review Act in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Rep. James is a Republican and Rep. Moskowitz is a Democrat. I don't know what the chances of this passing are. Both started in 2023, so are very junior and likely have little influence.