The Episcopal Church announcement comes just one day after 49 Afrikaners left their country for resettlement in the United States.

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.