As South Africa prepares to host foreign ministers from the G20 countries, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will said he would not be attending. Relations between Pretoria and Washington have been ...

Bessent's absence follows a boycott of a G20 foreign ministers meeting in South Africa last week by U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio as the Trump administration has been openly critical of the ...

South Africa’s G20 leadership crumbles as US boycotts, global no-shows, and diplomatic blunders derail Ramaphosa’s agenda.

A G20 meeting would normally be an opportunity ... another” and stressed that Rubio’s decision was “not a complete boycott of South Africa’s G20” by the U.S. Analysts in Africa says ...

At the same time, though, South Africa’s G20 presidency is already being undermined by tensions with the United States and Rubio’s boycott of the foreign ministers’ meeting. Soon after ...

International Relations Minister Ronald Lamola asserts that the presence of a low-level US delegation at South Africa's G20 foreign ministers meeting does not indicate a boycott, as the US sent a ...

In the face of a barrage of attacks from US leaders about the progressive values South Africa has set for the G20, President Cyril Ramaphosa says he believes that SA and the US could still work ...

Rubio's decision to boycott this week's meeting and his pledge to also skip the main G20 summit in South Africa in November threatens to further undermine the G20's effectiveness. Meanwhile ...

Bessent's absence follows a boycott of a G20 foreign ministers meeting in South Africa last week by U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio as the Trump administration has been openly critical of the ...