Donald Trump announced the US will boycott the upcoming G20 summit in South Africa, citing discredited claims of persecution and land confiscation of white farmers, which South Africa and international bodies have dismissed as unfounded. The decision follows Trump's repeated accusations of discrimination against South Africa's white minority and his administration's controversial refugee policies. The South African government criticized Trump's characterization of Afrikaners and the claims of genocide as unsupported by evidence.
Donald Trump announced that the US will boycott the G20 summit in South Africa, citing the country's treatment of white farmers and alleged discrimination against Afrikaners, amidst ongoing tensions and accusations between the US and South Africa.
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa recounted a chaotic and bizarre meeting with Donald Trump in the Oval Office, where Trump promoted baseless conspiracy theories about white farmers in South Africa, including dimming the lights and showing misleading videos and images, which Ramaphosa described as bemusing and an apparent ambush.
The African Development Bank (AFDB) has proposed financial instruments to "fast track and front load" $3.5 billion in compensation to white farmers whose land was taken by Zimbabwe's government. The bank's president, Akinwumi Adesina, did not provide details of the proposed instruments. Zimbabwe agreed in 2020 to compensate local white farmers whose land was taken by the government from 2000 onwards to resettle Black families. The country has more than $14 billion in external debt and has not been able to secure financing from the likes of the International Monetary Fund in more than two decades due to its arrears.
