Run-up to G20 in South Africa marred by host's simmering row with US
South Africa objects to the US boycott and proposed junior embassy representative at the Johannesburg G20 closing ceremony amid escalating diplomatic accusations.
South Africa says US boycott of G20 is coercion by absentia'
The US will boycott the Johannesburg G20 leaders' summit and refuses to accept any leaders' declaration without its agreement, provoking South African condemnation.
Trump yanks G20 invitation from South Africa over false genocide claims
Donald Trump accused South Africa of human rights abuses against white Afrikaners, threatened to cut funding and bar G20 attendance despite experts rejecting genocide claims.
