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Historic South Africa–hosted G20 adopts declaration without the United States
G20 leaders opened their gathering in Johannesburg with a surprise move, approving a joint declaration at the outset of their summit even as the United States refused to participate. The United States’ absence in protest, South Africa pressed ahead and secured unanimous backing from the remaining members, a break from the group’s traditional end-of-summit adoption….
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Women stage powerful lie-down protest against gender violence before G20 in South Africa
Ahead of the G20 summit in South Africa, some women have embarked on a lie-down demonstration...
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White House blasts South Africa’s Ramaphosa for ‘running his mouth’ in growing G20 boycott row
It appears the tension between the United States and South Africa won’t end anytime soon....
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Nigeria: Schoolgirls’ abduction forces Tinubu to pause G20 travel plans
Nigeria’s latest school kidnapping has forced President Bola Tinubu to halt his planned...
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South Africa tightens security as G20 summit triggers protests and global tensions
South Africa rolled out a full display of state power on Wednesday as police and military units staged a parade of helicopters, K-9 teams and motorcycle officers ahead of anticipated demonstrations during...
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South Africa’s Ramaphosa hits back as Trump pulls U.S. from G20, calling it ‘their loss’
The decision by U.S. President Donald Trump to boycott the Group of 20 gathering in South Africa has received a fierce response from President Cyril Ramaphosa. Speaking to reporters outside Parliament,...
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U.S. to skip G20 over Trump’s claim of ‘persecuted whites’ in South Africa
U.S. President Donald Trump has announced that the United States will not take part in this month’s Group of 20 summit in South Africa. He claimed that the country’s white minority is suffering...
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South Africa’s long-awaited apartheid crimes probe hits legal snag on opening day
South Africa’s long-awaited inquiry into claims that successive post-apartheid governments interfered with investigations into apartheid-era crimes was delayed on its opening day after a dispute...
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Businessman who exposed South Africa’s biggest bribery network gets plea deal
A South African businessman who admitted to being a key player in one of the country’s biggest corruption scandals has escaped jail after striking a plea deal with prosecutors. Angelo Agrizzi, the...
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South Africa says some of its citizens are trapped after joining the Russia-Ukraine war
South Africa’s government has revealed that calls from 17 of its citizens who joined mercenary forces in the Russia-Ukraine conflict have been made, adding that these men are trapped in Ukraine’s...
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South Africa blasts Trump’s refugee policy favoring white Afrikaners
South Africa’s government has criticized the United States’ decision to prioritize Afrikaners, white South Africans of Dutch descent, in its refugee admissions. The criticism followed an announcement...
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South African court rules that Nobel laureate Albert Luthuli’s death was “assault” by apartheid police
A South African court has ruled that the 1967 death of Nobel laureate Albert Luthuli was caused by an “assault” by apartheid police, overturning the long-held claims that it was an accident....
