We reported earlier on US President Donald Trump's meeting with Paul Kagame, the Rwandan president who is current head of the African Union (AU).

Now you can hear for yourself exactly what was said to the press as the two sides met.

It came hours ahead of a possible boycott of Mr Trump's Davos speech by African businessmen - and potentially politicians - over the US billionaire reportedly labeling all African nations "shitholes".

Africa Live will be keeping an eye on that and any other updates throughout the day, and you can read the earlier post by clicking here.

Milton Nkosi
BBC Africa, Johannesburg

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South Africa's elite police unit, known as the Hawks, said they are executing a search and seizure warrant at Premier’s office in Free State province.

The premier also happens to be the Secretary-General of the governing African National Congress (ANC), Ace Magashule.

The investigation relates to the Estina dairy farm near Vrede, from which the controversial Gupta business family - who are close to president Jacob Zuma - are alleged to have pocketed millions of dollars from a scheme originally meant for poor black farmers.

Evidence revealed in a tranche of WikiLeaks-style leaked emails showed large sums of money meant for the dairy project were allegedly siphoned-off to Gupta bank accounts and - eventually - paid for the family’s lavish wedding at Sun City, South Africa's upmarket holiday resort.

According to the National Prosecuting Authority's Asset Forfeiture Unit - which filed papers with the Bloemfontein High Court earlier this week - just two million of 220m rand ($169,00 - $18.5m; £118,500 - £13m) given to the project was spent on the farm, South Africa's Times Live reported, external.

Brigadier Hangwani Mulaudzi, from the Hawks, confirmed the operation. He said they are looking for documents and any other evidence related to the farm project in a search expected to take the whole day.

“We have members from our serious corruption and cybercrime team that are that are executing those search and seizure operations at the Office of the Premier and the Department of Agriculture. It's in relation to the Estina farm.

“People must watch this space…soon we will make announcements that will shake this country,” he emphasised.

The ANC responded by saying that its secretary-general Ace Magashule “is innocent until proven otherwise in a court of law”.

Speaking for the 106-year-old liberation movement, Khusela Diko also said: “The African National Congress is committed to root out corruption wherever that corruption is committed.

"We must allow the Hawks to do their work. The matter will go to court.”

Mr Magashule's spokesman said they were cooperating fully.

In a separate process in the fight against what is known in South Africa as "state capture", the government published terms of reference for a judicial commission of inquiry which is going to investigate President Zuma, his family friends the Guptas and other government officials in his administration.

President Zuma is under considerable pressure to come clean about dodgy government contracts and the influence his family and friends have had over state officials.

The Guptas and President Zuma deny any wrongdoing.

It has long been called "black gold", but now a cocoa farmer has told the BBC why he is smuggling cocoa from his farm in Ivory Coast across the border into Ghana:

More highlights from the BBC's Africa Business Report.

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US President Donald Trump has asked Paul Kagame, the president of Rwanda and the African Union's (AU) chairman, to pass on his "warmest regards" to other AU leaders at a meeting in Davos.

The meeting comes weeks after Mr Trump reportedly used the word "shithole" to describe African nations, earning him a stiff rebuke from the AU, as well as from the leaders of countries like Botswana and Ghana.

Mr Trump has denied using that phrase.

But meeting President Kagame one-to-one on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum today, Mr Trump showed no sign of any awkwardness over the incident.

He described their discussions as "tremendous", calling their two nations trading partners who enjoy a "great relationship".

He added:

President Kagame, who was appointed AU chair six months go, said the two leaders had discussed bilateral relations between the two countries - including US support of Rwandan "operations carried out in the world", as well as on matters of the economy, trade, investment and the growing numbers of American tourists visiting Rwanda.

Wanyama wa Chebusiri
BBC Africa

The daughters of Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni are set to release a movie of his life in the bush.

Natasha Karugire and Esteri Akandwanaho, who act in movie dubbed M-27 guns, want to retell the National Resistant Army bush war which brought Mr Museveni to power in 1986 following the overthrow of then President Milton Obote.

The film was originally scheduled for release today during Uganda’s Liberation Day - which marks their father's rise to power - but its launch has been postponed by two months.

Watch the film trailer below:

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The deadliest cholera outbreak to hit the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) in 20 years has reached the capital Kinshasa and its 12 million residents, medical charity Medecins sans Frontieres (MSF) say.

The charity treated 157 people within a week of starting its response to the outbreak, one of whom has since died.

Before reaching Kinshasa, the disease had killed 32 people and caused a suspected 826 cases since the end of November.

MSF now fears the outbreak will spread like wildfire in a city which has lacks good access to clean drinking water and has bad sanitation.

But just reaching help can be difficult, as one patient in MSF’s health centre in Camp Luka revealed:

Cholera is a bacterial disease transmitted through food and water, causing vomiting and severe diarrhoea that can sometimes lead to deadly dehydration.

Last year it killed 1,190 people in the DRC, infecting another 55,000, the charity said.

Neighbouring Zambia is also struggling to contain a cholera outbreak currently, recording more than 70 deaths since it began in 2017.

Could broadcasting school lessons solve the Democratic Republic of Congo's education crisis?

BBC Newsday spoke to a pupil in the Democratic Republic of Congo who is learning through the radio.

Seventeen-year-old Vumi Lenatha, whose favourite subjects are maths, French and geography, says it's a more affordable way to learn:

Watch her full interview:

Matthew Davies
Editor, BBC Africa Business Report

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The motor manufacturer Toyota is recalling more than 700,000 vehicles in South Africa because of a fault with the cars' airbags.

This latest recall by Toyota relates to airbags made by the Japanese company, Takata.

Takata discovered the problem last year and is in the process of replacing the airbags in millions of models worldwide from a large range of manufacturers, including Toyota, General Motors and BMW.

The airbags themselves can shower drivers and passengers with metal shards when they explode in a crash and they've been linked to 13 deaths in the United States alone.

The problem forced Takata to file for bankruptcy in Japan in June last year.

In South Africa, the Toyota recall affects 10 models, including Lexus.

A group of European tourists has been attacked in Senegal's southern region of Casamance, security officials say.

The group of four were robbed and the three women among them sexually assaulted, the head of the gendarmerie in Diouloulou, Mamadou Samba, told the Senegalese Press Agency, APS.

It is not clear who carried out the attack near the Gambian border, but earlier this month 13 young men were killed in the most deadly incident in the region for several years.

Casamance, which is cut off from the capital Dakar by The Gambia, used to be one of Senegal's main tourist regions but the industry collapsed there because of a decades-long separatist rebellion.

Security had improved in recent years until this month's attacks.

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US President Donald Trump is to meet Rwanda's President Paul Kagame at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

It is the final day of the annual summit, which brings together global political leaders, businesspeople and economists.

Some African attendees have threatened to boycott President Trump's speech later today over comments he made earlier in the month when he reportedly used the word "shithole" to describe African nations. He has denied using that phrase.

Bonang Mohale, head of Business Leadership Africa, wrote an open letter to Mr Trump, which read:

Analysts say President Kagame, who is the current chair of the African Union, is likely to want to turn over a new leaf in relations with the US.

It will be President Trump's third face-to-face meeting at the summit with another head of state, following meetings with the leaders of the UK and Israel.

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