South Africans Seize on G20 Summit to Air Their Nation’s Ills
Johannesburg this weekend will host the first G20 meeting on African soil. Protesters are using the moment to draw attention to domestic problems.
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Macron ramps up Indian Ocean strategy with renewed Mauritius partnership
The leaders of France and Mauritius have reaffirmed plans to revive relations and deepen cooperation, pointing to their “historic and friendly ties” and a “strong commitment to the Indian Ocean” as President Emmanuel Macron began his five-day Africa t…
Run-up to G20 in South Africa marred by host’s simmering row with US
Group’s first summit on the continent, which opens on Saturday, comes at a febrile time in global politicsThe dispute between South Africa and the US over the Trump administration’s decision to boycott the G20 in Johannesburg has continued, with South …
Nigeria reels after 215 children taken in second mass school abduction in a week
Twelve teachers also kidnapped from Catholic school amid threats from Trump to intervene over ‘Christian genocide’Unknown gunmen have abducted 215 schoolchildren and 12 teachers from a Catholic school in central Nigeria, the second mass abduction in th…
Armed men kidnap dozens of children from Catholic school
A security staffer was ‘badly shot’ during the attack
How Nigeria is reintegrating repentant former Boko Haram fighters
Tens of thousands of voluntary or forced members of Boko Haram and the Islamic State in West Africa have surrendered over the past 10 years. Nigeria is drawing on transitional justice – a set of mechanisms used to confront legacies of mass violence in…
First in Africa: What to know about the G20 summit boycotted by Trump
Leaders from the G20 group of the world’s largest economies meet this weekend for a summit in South Africa – the first on African soil. US President Donald Trump said he would boycott the event over his widely dismissed claims that the host country is…
Nigeria hit by second school abduction in less than a week
Armed men attacked a Catholic school in Nigeria’s north-central Niger state and abducted an unspecified number of schoolchildren, authorities said Friday, just days after 25 schoolgirls were kidnapped in neighbouring Kebbi state.
Keir Starmer defends trip to South Africa for G20 summit as budget looms
PM says he aims to secure investment to help deal with cost of living and shore up support for UkraineKeir Starmer has defended his decision to travel to South Africa for the G20 summit days before the budget and despite the planned absence of Donald T…
Trump to Send U.S. Official to G20 in South Africa After All
The South African president suggested Washington had decided to participate in the summit, despite an earlier claim of a boycott.