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Trump ambushes South Africa’s Ramaphosa over genocide claims in testy White House meeting
US President Donald Trump confronted South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa at the White House on Wednesday with contentious claims that Ramaphosa's government is conducting a "White genocide". A video clip of a fringe group of extremist Black South Africans addressing the land ownership issue was screened at the Oval Office, prompting Ramaphosa to push back against Trump’s accusations, saying his government was opposed to such actions.
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Why South Africa’s president could be walking into an Oval Office ‘buzzsaw’
Cyril Ramaphosa wants to talk trade. But President Trump remains fixated on his country’s racial politics.
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Can Mandela's former negotiator fix fractious relations with Trump?
The South African president will try to reset relations with the US in a high-stakes White House meeting on Wednesday.
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