South Africa will host the G20 summit this week in Johannesburg, and is the first country in Africa to host it. Photograph: EPA

Donald Trump is boycotting the summit of G20 leaders in Johannesburg this week and no officials from the United States will attend. “Their loss,” says South African president Cyril Ramaphosa, and he might be right.

An empty chair in Johannesburg

When the US president announced that nobody from his government will attend this week’s G20 summit, he said it was a disgrace that South Africa was hosting the event.

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