Rubio snubs South Africa’s G20 meeting amid diplomatic tensions

Voice of America
18 Feb 2025

As final preparations are underway for South Africa’s hosting of foreign ministers from the G20, the chief diplomat for the world’s largest economy, the US, will not attend. Steven Gruzd, Head of the African Governance and Diplomacy Programme at SAIIA weighs in.

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