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President Trump confronts President Ramaphosa

President Trump confronts President Ramaphosa

US President Donald Trump confronts South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa

Focus on Africa · BBC World Service

May 22, 202531m 20s

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Show Notes

The US President Donald Trump, confronted South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa with false claims of white genocide and land seizures during a tense White House meeting. It was reminiscent of the US President's ambush of Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskiy earlier this year. At a time when diplomacy means everything, how did the South African President fare and what next for the US/South Africa relationship?

Also, who will the next President of the African Development Bank be?

And we find out more about the former Mauritanian president, Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, who has been jailed for 15 years.

Presenter: Richard Kagoe Producers: Sunita Nahar, Bella Hassan and Tom Kavanagh Technical Producer: Francesca Dunne Senior Journalist: Karnie Sharp Editors: Andre Lombard and Alice Muthengi