MONROVIA (Reuters) - The Trump administration this week pressed five African presidents to take in migrants from other countries when they are deported by the US, two officials familiar with the discussions told Reuters on Thursday.

President Donald Trump told leaders from five African nations on Wednesday that he was shifting the U.S. approach to the continent from aid to trade and that the United States is a better partner for Africa than China.

The White House is hosting an “African leaders” summit of sorts this week. But only five countries from the continent of more than 50 nations are welcome to join.

In a report released on Thursday, the UN body in charge of fighting HIV/Aids does not single out the US, but says that drastic cuts from a number of donors have sent shockwaves around the world, that the "phenomenal progress" in tackling the illness risks being reversed.

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The meeting with the leaders comes as the Trump administration has taken radical steps it said are meant to reshape the US relationship with Africa.

President Donald Trump is hosting five West African leaders for a lunch at the White House. The leaders of Liberia, Senegal, Gabon, Mauritania and Guinea-Bissau are set to discuss economic development,