SAFRICA-G20-DIPLOMACY

South Africa's Foreign Minister Ronald Lamola conducts a press conference during the G20 Foreign Minister Meeting at the Nasrec Expo Centre in Johannesburg on February 21, 2025. South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa opened on February 20, 2025 a Group of 20 foreign ministers meeting with a call for "cooperation" amid geopolitical tensions and "rising intolerance".Top diplomats from the world's largest economies gathered in Johannesburg for the two-day talks held for the first time in Africa and overshadowed by the absence of US Secretary of State Marco Rubio. (Photo by Phill Magakoe / AFP) (Photo by PHILL MAGAKOE/AFP via Getty Images)