ETHIOPIAN FORCES REGAIN CONTROL OF BORDER CITY NEAR ERITREA. (PHOTO).

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 Ethiopian forces regain control of border city near Eritrea Ethiopian government forces and their allies entered Adigrat, near the border with Horn of Africa neighbour Eritrea, days after Eritrean troops were pushed back from the strategic city. The reported incursion by Eritrean troops, which Eritrea has denied and Reuters could not independently verify, has raised fears of a return to all-out war along Ethiopia's northern border where the two nations have clashed before. Conflicts elsewhere in the region and tensions across the Red Sea have further raised the stakes. The fighting that broke out last month has been the biggest escalation since ​the Tigray war, in which hundreds of thousands of people died.

RAMAPHOSA SLAMS TRUMP’S INTENTION TO BAN SOUTH AFRICA FROM ATTENDING G20. (PHOTO).


 Ramaphosa slams Trump’s intention to ban South Africa from attending G20


South Africa’s presidency has hit back at United States President Donald Trump’s intention to bar South Africa from attending the G20 Leaders’ Summit in America next year.


US President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday that South Africa would not be invited to next year's G20 summit in Miami, escalating his diplomatic offensive against the country to a new level.


Ramaphosa, however, issued a strong statement in response.


“South Africa is a member of the G20 in its own name and right. Its G20 membership is at the behest of all other members. South Africa is a sovereign constitutional democratic country and does not appreciate insults from another country about its membership and worth in participating in global platforms,” said Ramaphosa, TRT Afrika reported.


Unfounded allegations


Trump's government snubbed this year's G20 summit, which recently concluded in Johannesburg, stating that South Africa's priorities, including cooperation on trade and climate, ran counter to its own policies.


In response, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa refused to formally hand over the G20 presidency to the next host country, the United States, as is customary.


"South Africa has demonstrated to the World they are not a country worthy of Membership anywhere," Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform.”


Trump also made unfounded accusations of a "white genocide" targeting Afrikaners, descendants of the first European settlers, in South Africa.


South Africa denies the accusations, with Presidential Spokesperson Vincent Magwenya saying, “South Africa will continue to participate as a full, active and constructive member of the G20. We call on all members of the G20 to reaffirm its continued operation in the spirit of multilateralism based on consensus with all members participating on an equal footing in all of its structures.”

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