African Union Commission Chairperson Mahamoud Ali Youssouf (left), Angolan President Joao Lourenco and United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres during the 9th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD 9) held in Yokohama, Japan on August 20, 2025. Image: AFP
Kim Heller The African Union Commission's (AUC) recent statement supporting South Africa's chairmanship of the Group of Twenty (G20) and its hosting of the upcoming November summit was an act of deft diplomacy and a long-awaited expression of African assertiveness and solidarity, issued in the wake of Donald Trump's recent verbal onslaught on South Africa. It provides a necessary counter-narrative.
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