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The calm reaction of South Africa's president to the Oval Office ambush might boost his standing at home.

The calm reaction of South Africa's president to the Oval Office ambush might boost his standing at home.

Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan accused one of the country's top politicians of trying to kill her.

Ben Stokes hints at a return to his best and Brian Bennett strikes a sparkling century before England make Zimbabwe follow on on the second day at Trent Bridge.

Of the six most recent victims of farm killings, five were black and one white, the latest figures show.

The state department is imposing new sanctions on the country's government because of the findings.

Kenya legend Victor Wanyama says the welcoming nature of Scottish football fans was part of the reason for his surprise decision to join Dunfermline Athletic.

Kenya legend Victor Wanyama says the welcoming nature of Scottish football fans was part of the reason for his surprise decision to join Dunfermline Athletic.

Joseph Kabila faces the prospect of being tried in a military court for allegedly backing M23 rebels.

A deal to hand Mauritius the Chagos Islands and lease back a key military base has been months in the making.

A deal to hand Mauritius the Chagos Islands and lease back a key military base has been months in the making.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

US President Donald Trump says a genocide is taking place in South Africa, a claim a judge dismissed as "imaginary".

In an extraordinary Oval Office meeting, Trump pressed Cyril Ramaphosa on widely discredited claims of a white genocide in South Africa.