Entries by BBC News

Fact-checking Trump’s Oval Office confrontation with Ramaphosa

President Trump made a series of claims about the killing of white farmers in South Africa, some of which are demonstrably false.

On the South African road incorrectly identified as a ‘burial site’ by Trump

The US president said video of crosses on the road was evidence of the scale of attacks on white farmers.

Ugandan activist alleges she was raped while in Tanzanian detention

Tanzanian authorities are not commenting on the allegations, which include sexual assault.

Chagos deal paused by last-minute legal action

An agreement to hand over the islands from the UK to Mauritius had been expected to be signed on Thursday.

Ramaphosa keeps cool during Trump’s choreographed onslaught

The BBC's Gary O'Donoghue analyses how the South African president reacted in an extraordinary Oval Office meeting.

Ramaphosa keeps cool during Trump’s choreographed onslaught

The BBC's Gary O'Donoghue analyses how the South African president reacted in an extraordinary Oval Office meeting.

Ramaphosa keeps cool during Trump’s choreographed onslaught

The BBC's Gary O'Donoghue analyses how the South African president reacted in an extraordinary Oval Office meeting.

Ramaphosa survives mauling by Trump over ‘white genocide’

Right-wing Afrikaners groups celebrated the ambush but others in the Rainbow Nation found it "uncomfortable" to watch.

South Africans divided on Ramaphosa’s mauling by Trump

Right-wing Afrikaners groups celebrated the ambush but others in the Rainbow Nation found it "uncomfortable" to watch.

How Trump-Ramaphosa confrontation went down in South Africa

Right-wing Afrikaners groups celebrated the ambush but others in the Rainbow Nation found it "uncomfortable" to watch.