MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 23rd August, 2018) US President Donald Trump said Wednesday he had ordered Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to investigate alleged land grabs from white farmers in South Africa.

"I have asked Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to closely study the South Africa land and farm seizures and expropriations and the large scale killing of farmers," he tweeted.

Trump said he had requested the investigation after a Fox news report on seizures of land belonging to white farmers by the South African government.