G20 Stories
Pretoria responded with unusual sharpness. President Cyril Ramaphosa issued a lengthy statement calling Trump's remarks "regrettable," stressing that...
South Africa has insisted that handing the gavel to a chargé d'affaires would be a breach of diplomatic protocol.
UAE’s new “AI for development initiative” targets education, healthcare, agriculture and climate projects, promising advanced computing power and glob...
The G20 is being held in Africa for the very first time, but the US is shunning the event. The EU is hoping to fill the void and expand its global com...
This year's G20 summit is particularly sensitive. South Africa is handing over the presidency to the United States, which assumes the chair position f...
Pandor said she received an email from the US Consulate earlier this week informing her that her multiple-entry visitor visa had been cancelled.
Ramaphosa said the South African government had received communication from Washington at the “11th hour” and is now discussing how to accommodate the...
The importance of debt, development finance and climate to Africa’s future is clear. Over half of African countries are either in debt distress or at...
The G20 was formed in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis, when the collapse of major banks and housing markets exposed deep cracks in the glob...
Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana said the accusations, fuelled by US President Donald Trump's announcement that no American officials would attend th...
The AU says more than half of Africans now live in countries spending more on debt repayments than on social services, calling for urgent G20-led refo...
African countries whose agriculture is less productive, with generally lower or poor crop yields, may not benefit as much in the short term from open...
If we use high-yielding seed cultivars, fertilisers and agrochemicals to control diseases, we can then farm a relatively smaller area and rely on ampl...
JD Vance’s Kenya trip canceled after Trump blocks US officials from attending G20, but Nairobi stresses strong bilateral ties remain intact.
Africa is home to some of the world’s most innovative community-led and nature-based climate adaptation strategies, yet they remain underfunded. South...
Climate finance should ensure fairness by empowering the most affected communities to adapt, receive compensation for losses, and benefit from strong...
Trump delivered a broadside attack on multilateralism as well as issues that have found common cause among rich and poor countries alike, such as clim...
Ramaphosa stressed that this change is no longer theoretical but a lived reality, citing intensifying geopolitical rivalries, protectionist tariffs, a...
Johannes Mahlangu served as South Africa’s High Commissioner to Kenya, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Somalia, and Permanent Represen...
Despite this, many smallholder women farmers are still seen as farmers’ wives, rather than farmers in their own right, and don’t get the support they...
Opening the rating committee to public view signals a shift in financial power, aiming not just for fairer ratings but for a more just model of global...
African bonds are substantially mispriced, resulting in excessively high yields that are not justified by fundamentals, based on economic, fiscal and...
The former South African president also warned against repeating past mistakes, like not following through on the 2010–2011 Africa Action Plan, adding...
G20 members account for 85% of global GDP, 75% of international trade, and two-thirds of the world’s population.
Experts and policymakers at the meeting provided actionable recommendations on how the AU and the continent can leverage South Africa's G20 presidency...
After U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent confirmed he would not attend, finance ministers from Japan, India and Canada also pulled out.
The executive order lists several grievances, accusing Pretoria of policies that Washington deems harmful to US interests.
While Rubio's remarks focused on land reform, the reality is that US-South Africa relations have been deteriorating for years due to Pretoria's increa...
At the same time, the IMF's Fiscal Monitor showed global government debt is set to top $100 trillion for the first time this year.
