Africa’s First G20 Moot Opens With Call For ‘Cooperation’

JOHANNESBURG: South Afri­ca’s President Cyril Ramaphosa opened on Thursday a Group of 20 foreign ministers meeting with a call for “cooperation” amid geopolitical tensions and “rising intolerance”. Top diplomats from

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